Hybrid Distinguished Engineer – FinTech

at GEICO

• Job title: Distinguished Engineer – FinTech
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $150,000 - $300,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Palo Alto, United States

About the role

• Distinguished Engineer driving GEICO's Finance technology transformation through innovative solutions. Collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable finance applications and mentoring engineering teams.

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.
• Prior experience implementing Workday Financials is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.