Senior Product Architect

Primary Position Objective:

• To design, develop, and maintain innovative RAD models for insurance products. This involves leveraging business and technical expertise, collaborating with various business and technical teams, and ensuring scalable, resilient solutions across multiple platforms and workflows. Additionally, provide support for the entire product lifecycle, address ad hoc issues, and offer expert consultation.

Essential Functions:

• Design and develop reusable, flexible, and scalable product models, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Familiarity with JSON, API testing, and Postman, along with experience in BDD frameworks and Azure DevOps repositories.
• Responsible for designing, executing test plans for APIs, creating and managing JSON payloads for API testing. Utilizing Postman for testing APIs and review and analyze diagnostics to ensure data integrity and functionality.
• Implement and maintain Behavior Driven Development (BDD) tests,
• Conduct pull request reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope business needs, design scalable solutions, and review technical and vendor designs.
• Provide subject matter expertise on insurance products and collaborate with various departments to align requirements.
• Support product lifecycle activities, including evolution, maintenance, and repair of models.
• Prepares detailed documentation covering implemented solution plans, systems architecture, business decisioning, process refinements, best practices and training materials.
• Collaborates to operationalize new features, capabilities, functions, and models for broad distribution and rollout across systems, states, and GEICO products.
• Adheres to GEICO Code of Conduct, company policies, and operating principles.
• Meets attendance standard at business location to perform necessary job functions and to facilitate interaction with management and coworkers.

Meets the requirements specified below.

• Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing, and speaking
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment
• Must be able to multi-task
• Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information
• Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including training individuals and large groups
• May have non-traditional work hours to support project or recovery event needs
• Travel to specific corporate offices and headquarter locations may be required throughout the year

Must have the following education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mathematics, Computer Science, Project Management, Business Management, or Finance, or other related disciplines such as Statistics, Economics, Accounting,  Engineering, or related quantitative and analytics fields and a minimum of 5 years Insurance industry analytical work experience OR
• 8 years Insurance industry work experience concentrated in software development, user experience design, or regulatory adherence

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.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.