GEICO

Senior Staff ML Engineer

GEICO
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Bethesda, MD, USA or Palo Alto, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$150k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement scalable, high-performance ML platforms and real-time decision systems.
  • Design end-to-end ML pipelines covering data ingestion, feature engineering, training, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Set technical direction across multiple ML feature teams and provide hands-on mentorship through design reviews, code assessments, and performance tuning.
  • Prototype advanced ML algorithms and translate research and industry trends into production solutions.
  • Manage the full ML model lifecycle, including testing, deployment, monitoring, alerting, and automated retraining.
  • Partner with data scientists, software engineers, operations, and product teams to integrate ML systems into production.
  • Establish technical standards and ensure security, regulatory compliance, explainability, fairness, and bias mitigation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • At least 15 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and optimizing production AIML systems.
  • Extensive experience architecting large-scale data pipelines, real-time ML serving architectures, and end-to-end ML lifecycles.
  • Strong programming proficiency in Python, Java, or similar languages.
  • Experience with Airflow, DBT, Kubernetes, Spark, MongoDB, Snowflake, Neo4j, Redis, cloud platforms, and modern feature stores.
  • Significant experience with AWS, Azure, SageMaker, Azure ML, or comparable cloud and machine learning services.
  • Proficiency with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, or similar ML frameworks.
  • Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree, fraud detection or risk modeling experience, production LLM deployment with RAG or fine-tuning, Graph Neural Networks, and model governance in a regulated industry.

Benefits

  • Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
  • Inclusive and collaborative culture with shared-success values.
  • Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support employee well-being and future needs.
  • Annual salary range of $150,000.00 to $300,000.00.
  • GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache SparkAWSAzuredbtJavaKubernetesMongoDBNeo4jPythonPyTorchRedisscikit-learnSnowflakeTensorFlow
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About GEICO

10,000+ employees

GEICO sells auto and other personal lines insurance to U.S. consumers through a primarily direct-to-consumer model via web, mobile, and phone, with some local agents. Its products include car, motorcycle, RV, boat, homeowners, renters, condo, umbrella, and commercial auto coverage, plus roadside assistance. Founded in 1936 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, GEICO is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is among the largest auto insurers in the United States.

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