Distinguished Engineer (FinTech)

GEICO is a renowned insurance company that is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the design and implementation of Finance Transformation solutions. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to develop automated and scalable finance solutions, while mentoring other engineers and driving innovation within the finance technology domain.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and implement Finance platforms and solutions which can support the needs of different finance and corporate initiatives
• Collaborate closely with business and product partners in understanding business needs and designing solutions that address their priorities
• Drive decision-making for buy vs build evaluation based on functional fit, technical feasibility, cost-benefit
• Evangelize and lead the Fintech solutioning in areas such as: Automated reporting and analytics, Treasury operations, Reserving, Revenue forecasting, Pricing, Regulatory compliance automation, substantiation, etc
• Abstract cross cutting concerns into common platform components that can be used for multiple current and future use cases
• Lead team prioritization and sequencing of milestones to deliver incremental business value
• Develop and champion best practices, including modular design, version control, automated testing, and security considerations, fostering a culture of quality and efficiency
• Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to implement monitoring, alerting, and automation for platform reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, contributing to a highly available and performant platform

Requirements:

• 12+ years of professional experience in product/platform engineering designing and building Finance critical applications
• 5+ years of experience leading and mentoring technical teams
• Proven track record of successful partnership with product and business orgs to prioritize and deliver business value
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with Agile execution framework
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
• Deep functional understanding of one or more finance processes: Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Reconciliation, FP&A, and Governance and compliance
• Strong experience in one of the ERP finance platforms such Workday Financials, Oracle, SAP, etc
• Ability to translate finance requirements into scalable technology solutions using modern technology stacks such as Data Lake and Cloud Computing
• Operational Excellence: Solid understanding of SRE concepts such as SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and experience with tools for monitoring, alerting, and incident response
• Architect, design and implement Finance platforms and solutions which can support the needs of different finance and corporate initiatives
• Collaborate closely with business and product partners in understanding business needs and designing solutions that address their priorities
• Drive decision-making for buy vs build evaluation based on functional fit, technical feasibility, cost-benefit
• Evangelize and lead the Fintech solutioning in areas such as: Automated reporting and analytics, Treasury operations, Reserving, Revenue forecasting, Pricing, Regulatory compliance automation, substantiation, etc
• Abstract cross cutting concerns into common platform components that can be used for multiple current and future use cases
• Lead team prioritization and sequencing of milestones to deliver incremental business value
• Develop and champion best practices, including modular design, version control, automated testing, and security considerations, fostering a culture of quality and efficiency
• Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to implement monitoring, alerting, and automation for platform reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, contributing to a highly available and performant platform
• Prior experience implementing Workday Financials is a plus