Distinguished Engineer; FinTech; Hybrid -Palo Alto, CA OR Dallas, Texas

Overview

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here.

That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Distinguished Engineer – Finance Technologies

• 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.

• 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 as 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.

• 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.
• Prior experience implementing Workday Financials is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

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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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

• Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
• Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.
• Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Our teams are led by supportive leaders and driven by performance excellence.
• Great Rewards: We…