Lead Software Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on technical leader for the DET IT Finance Engineering team with deep engineering expertise and experience delivering solutions for cloud ERP and enterprise finance systems.

You will lead the design and modernization of solutions spanning platforms such as Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, or comparable systems. This role combines enterprise architecture, software development, cloud technologies, and financial data processing, with opportunities to transform business workflows through AI and agentic automation.

Core Responsibilities & Scope

• Technical lead and delivery for finance solutions spanning cloud ERP, enterprise applications, and data platforms.
• Extend and modernize ERP capabilities through software development, APIs, cloud services, and workflow automation.
• Design and operate solutions on AWS, selecting technologies appropriate to business needs, security, reliability, and cost.
• Improve financial workflows such as reconciliation, close, revenue, tax, and payments through reusable services and reliable data processing.
• Identify and deliver AI and agentic automation opportunities, with appropriate evaluation, access controls, monitoring, and human oversight.
• Own engineering quality across implementation, automated testing, deployment, production support, and performance improvement.
• Resolve complex issues across application, integration, data, and infrastructure layers.
• Mentor engineers through architecture and code reviews and collaborate with finance, product, security, and platform teams.

Minimum Requirements

• 10+ years of enterprise software engineering experience, including technical leadership and hands-on ownership of architecture, implementation, and delivery of complex production systems.
• Deep technical experience with a cloud ERP platform such as Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, NetSuite, or a comparable system, delivering extensions, integrations, automation, or financial data solutions.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or comparable languages, with advanced SQL, API design, and data modeling expertise; ability to build critical components, review code, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• A related technical degree required.
• Hands-on experience architecting, deploying, and operating AWS solutions, balancing security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost.
• Proven ability to set technical direction, lead delivery across teams, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards covering automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and production support.
• Understanding of finance processes, data integrity, reconciliation, and auditability, with strong judgment and communication skills to translate ambiguous business requirements into practical technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI or agentic automation for enterprise workflows, including moving prototypes into operational use.
• Familiarity with Workday Financials and its technical capabilities, such as Accounting Center, Prism Analytics, Extend, Orchestrate, or APIs.
• Experience with modern data platforms and frameworks.
• Knowledge of SOX controls, enterprise security, and finance-system governance.

The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $285,800 annually.