Staff Software Engineer – Testing Tools and Frameworks

Why Join GEICO?

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.

Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join our Testing Tools and Frameworks team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of testing and experience with developing and maintain re-usable testing constructs. They will have a good understanding of usability and be able to design interfaces with end-users in mind.

The ideal candidate has technical expertise with integration, end to end, and UI testing. Understanding the internals of popular test frameworks such as Pytest, Playwright, TestNG are a plus, and experience with rolling out tooling to thousands of engineers at scale is a strong differentiator.

Breadth of experience will be more important than depth in specific areas, if you enjoy working on different types of projects and codebases, then this may be a good fit for you. This position requires the candidate to understand customer needs, iteratively refine the understanding, and implement solutions.

Position Responsibilities

• Partner with business and engineering to understand testing complexity and map the testing needs to existing capabilities.
• Have a deep technical understanding of test frameworks and when appropriate, develop extensions, plugins, fixtures, and other similar layers to improve the Test Framework capabilities.
• Prototype new test vectors, approaches, tools, or methods.
• Experience developing with LLM Agents and mentoring engineers on best practices.
• Building tools that have general utility.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our continuous delivery processes remain cutting-edge.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• 8+ years of experience in application development, software testing, performance/load testing.
• Deep familiarity with test framework internals or advanced topics in Pytest, Playwright, TestNG.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Node, Java, Python.
• Strong proficiency with Agent driven development.
• (Optional) Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

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