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GEICO is looking to optimize its cloud infrastructure costs and capacity planning through the development of a new platform focused on FinOps Engineering.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack web applications, with a strong focus on front-end technologies like React, Typescript, Bootstrap) and Django-based backends.
• Deep understanding of Cloud Services and architectures, pricing models, and billing structures that will allow the candidate to perform deep dives and complex analysis of cost trends, anomalies, identify areas of improvement and support decision making with data driven insights
• Strong understanding of cloud-based services usage and pricing; AWS and/or Azure and Hands on cloud experience (AWS, Azure etc)
• Strong understanding of cloud requirements, ability to partner across GEICO Tech and drive cost optimization discussions.
• Proven expertise in designing and developing microservices using Python,Django,gRPC with protocol buffers, Kafka and Apache Spark with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes (k8s) environments
• 8+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, ReactJS,BoostrapJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical and thought leadership across multiple stack layers, focusing on full stack web app development and ensuring UI, microservices, and backend systems integration.
• Demonstrating a strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions.
• Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes.
• Contributing to the creation of a comprehensive strategy to enhance savings, improve spend reporting, governance, and drive process enhancement.
• Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications, defining FinOps KPIs for IT executives, and collaborating with Controllers/Tech Financials Controls.
• Leading UI development using React, Typescript, and Bootstrap on a Django framework, and contributing to microservices' architecture and development using Python, Django, and Kafka.
• Utilizing experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes (k8s) environments to ensure reliable interaction with backend services and seamless integration with cloud and on-premises systems.

Other

• The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in leading significant projects, encompassing aspects such as cost optimization, capacity planning, and a readiness to take charge and collaborate across the stack as per the team's requirements.
• Serving as a role model and mentor to senior and junior engineers, guiding them in system architecture, design, and implementation.
• Maintaining clear communication with partner teams and leads, explaining technical implementations to stakeholders for alignment across teams.
• Collaborate with application teams to understand their approaches and designs to optimize performance and costswithin cloud services.
• Willingness to contribute and lead across all layers of the stack, including UI, backend and DevOps based on the needs of the team.