Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer

Distinguished Engineer (AI Platforms) to join our AI organization. This individual will serve as one of the most senior technical authorities driving the architecture, evolution, and long‑term technical strategy of GEICO’s Generative AI and virtual agent platforms. This platform directly supports productivity and service quality for 20K+ contact center employees across claims, service, and sales. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Architecture & Technical Authority Define, own, and evolve the foundational architecture for GEICO’s Generative AI and agentic workflow platforms. Serve as the final technical authority on complex architectural decisions impacting multiple products, teams, and business domains. Design interconnected, high‑performance, and durable platform components that power end‑to‑end GenAI workflows, including knowledge curation, search and retrieval, prompt and context management, workflow orchestration, semantic and knowledge graph systems. Platform & GenAI Applications Strategy, Architecture, and Business Impact Establish and drive multi‑year technical strategy and roadmaps for AI platform capabilities and Generative AI applications in partnership with product and business leaders. Balance speed, scalability, reliability, and extensibility while ensuring platforms and applications can support future AI use cases. Influence investment decisions by evaluating build‑vs‑buy tradeoffs, define reference architecture and best practices, and develop strategies to maximize business value and measurable outcomes. System & Technology Evaluation Lead evaluation and selection of core technologies, frameworks, and infrastructure components for Generative AI applications, including LLM orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex), agentic workflows, RAG systems, and observability tooling. Ensure architectural consistency and technical rigor across open‑source, cloud‑agnostic, and managed service integrations. Cross‑Organization Influence Collaborate across engineering, data science, ML, product, and design organizations to align on platform and GenAI application direction, technical standards, and business objectives. Translate complex technical and business concepts into clear architectural guidance and decision frameworks. Technical Leadership & Problem Solving Tackle the most complex and ambiguous technical and business challenges affecting system‑wide and application‑specific performance, reliability, and scalability. Lead deep technical reviews, architectural assessments, and design discussions for critical AI initiatives. Mentorship & Technical Stewardship Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, setting a high bar for architectural thinking and engineering quality. Establish best practices for reliability, observability, and operational excellence; contribute to documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing. Minimum Qualifications Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field. 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep expertise in large‑scale distributed systems. Extensive experience architecting and building multi‑component AI/ML platforms using technologies such as Elasticsearch, Qdrant, Pinecone, Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenTelemetry, and vector databases. Hands‑on experience with LLMs and Generative AI technologies (GPT, Llama, Mistral, Claude) to power conversational and agentic workflows. Strong background in full software development lifecycle ownership, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, monitoring, and production operations. Deep experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure. Demonstrated ability to evaluate architectural trade‑offs and influence investment decisions. Annual Salary: $210,000.00 – $350,000.00. The above range is a guideline; final offer will be based on experience, education, and other factors. GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Government Employees Insurance Company