Staff Engineer - Platform Security Engineering – Encryption and Tokenization

GEICO
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 110,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Senior security-focused software engineer leading the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of encryption and tokenization platform components. You will drive production-grade data protection capabilities, mentor engineers, collaborate with compliance and data governance teams, and influence architectural decisions for scalable key management and cryptographic workflows in a cloud environment.

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GEICO
GEICO
5 months ago

Staff Engineer - Platform Security Engineering – Encryption and Tokenization

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Job Summary

Senior security-focused software engineer leading the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of encryption and tokenization platform components. You will drive production-grade data protection capabilities, mentor engineers, collaborate with compliance and data governance teams, and influence architectural decisions for scalable key management and cryptographic workflows in a cloud environment.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the design, development, and evolution of encryption, tokenization, and key management solutions within a defined platform or product domain.
  • •Drive hands-on implementation of secure data protection capabilities, contributing directly to production-ready systems while setting technical direction for the team.
  • •Ensure the quality, reliability, and operational excellence of encryption and tokenization services, including high availability, disaster recovery, observability, and auditable logging.
  • •Partner closely with compliance, security, data governance, and application teams to ensure cryptographic solutions align with company policies and regulatory requirements.
  • •Contribute to architectural decisions by proposing scalable, resilient designs for key management systems and data protection workflows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 110,000 - 230,000 annually
Perks:401kTuition AssistanceHealth InsuranceFertility AssistanceAdoption Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of cryptographic encryption, tokenization, and Key Management Systems (KMS).
  • •Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable solutions for data at rest encryption, using open-source cryptographic libraries and protocols (e.g., FPE, AEAD).
  • •Strong software engineering skills, with experience building production grade services (Go preferred).
  • •Working knowledge of key management technologies and libraries, such as Google Tink, PKCS#11, JCE, and OpenSSL.
  • •Experience operating stateful systems such as PostgreSQL, including replication and reliability considerations.
Experience:6+ yearsCybersecuritySecurity engineering
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoPostgreSQLAWSGCPAzureOpenSSLGoogle TinkPKCS#11JCEGrafanaPrometheusOpenTelemetryEBPFBazelTerraformArgo CDKubernetesCI/CDSREOBSERVABILITY

Company Brief

GEICO
GEICO is a major US auto insurer offering personal auto policies, roadside assistance, and insurance products through direct-to-consumer channels and agents. Known for competitive rates and national advertising, it operates as a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Chevy Chase, United States
Founded: 1936
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