Senior Software Engineer - Qualification & Delivery - Release Platform
GEICO - Palo Alto, CA
Hiring: Senior Software Engineer - Qualification & Delivery - Release Platform Company: GEICO Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 10:57:21 Target Skills & Keywords : .NET, AWS, Azure, Azure DevOps, Bash, CI/CD, DNS, Feature Flags, GCP, GitHub Actions, GitOps, Go, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Python, React, Service Mesh, TCP/IP, TypeScript About the job Required Skills: •Design, build, and maintain internal Release Platform services and tooling to enable automated, robust, scalable, and observable software delivery workflows. •Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using tools like Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions. •Develop policy-as-code governance frameworks using Open Policy Agent (OPA) to enforce deployment rules, approvals, and compliance gates. •Design self-service capabilities for developers, including standardized deployment workflows, configuration automation, and security integration. •Partner cross-functionally with Cyber and Release Control teams to embed security guardrails, change gates, and auditability into the software delivery process. •Implement observability best practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing to improve deployment visibility and reliability. •Implement and enforce deployment patterns (blue/green, canary, rolling updates) and fail-safe rollback mechanisms. •Mentor junior engineers, perform code reviews, and advocate for engineering excellence across the team. Qualifications: •Strong hands-on experience developing internal developer platforms and DevOps tooling for large-scale organizations. •Expertise in Python, Golang (Go), .NET and TypeScript, React for building scalable platform services and developer automation tools. •Deep experience with Kubernetes, including namespace management, service discovery, network policies, ingress/egress management, and service mesh •Strong proficiency with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other CI/CD platforms. •Practical experience implementing GitOps workflows •Hands-on writing scripts to automate routine tasks using bash, Python scripting •Advanced understanding of deployment strategies (blue/green, feature flag) and building resilient, automated rollout processes. •Hands-on experience building Policy as Code frameworks using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego. •Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, ingress controllers. •Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills for deployment failures, system performance issues, and network troubleshooting. Compensation: •$105,000 - $230,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!