Zelis · 8 hours ago
Lead Data Engineer - Finance & Accounting Focus
St. Petersburg, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $161K/yr
7+ years expZelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience and is seeking a Lead Data Engineer with a focus on Finance & Accounting. This role involves designing, developing, and delivering scalable data services to support finance treasury and accounting functions, while also providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers.
FinanceFinTechHealth Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery of finance and accounting data service solutions, from requirements and architecture through implementation, testing, deployment, and support
Design and implement Snowflake-based financial data architectures, including accounting-ready data models and DBT transformation pipelines
Build and maintain high-reliability data pipelines supporting financial reporting, reconciliations, close processes, and downstream analytics
Lead cloud data engineering initiatives across the data platform supporting general ledger, revenue, payments, claims, billing, and operational finance workflows
Serve as technical lead on finance-focused projects, setting engineering standards, making architectural decisions, and ensuring delivery quality and timelines
Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, and Analytics teams to translate business and accounting requirements into scalable data products
Ensure financial data integrity, auditability, and traceability, including controls, lineage, and reconciliation logic
Mentor and guide data engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on technical leadership
Establish and enforce data quality, observability, and governance practices aligned to financial and regulatory expectations
Support migration of financial data platforms from on-premises systems to cloud-based solutions
Drive Agile delivery practices, participating in sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and release management
Uphold data privacy, security, and compliance standards relevant to financial and healthcare data
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in data engineering, with 2+ years in a technical lead or ownership role
Demonstrated experience developing data solutions for finance and accounting domains, such as general ledger, revenue, payments, claims, billing, or financial reporting
Proven experience designing and delivering Snowflake cloud data warehouse solutions
Strong cloud engineering experience supporting financial data platforms, including data lakes, pipelines, and cloud-native services
Advanced SQL expertise, including complex joins, performance tuning, and reconciliation logic
Experience building and managing enterprise financial data warehouses and data lakes
Hands-on experience migrating financial data systems from on-premises SQL platforms to cloud environments
Strong understanding of financial data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and analytics architecture
Demonstrated leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and finance/accounting stakeholders
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and facilitating ceremonies
Preferred
5+ years working with modern ETL/ELT tools (DBT strongly preferred)
Experience with columnar MPP cloud data warehouses (Snowflake)
Proficiency in the creation, performance tuning and reverse engineering of complex SQL queries and stored procedures
Python proficiency for data engineering, automation, and financial data processing a plus
Experience supporting financial close, reconciliations, audit reporting, and executive financial reporting
Familiarity with real-time or near-real-time financial data processing
Working knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence
Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cortex AI, Cursor) to improve development velocity and code quality
Healthcare finance, payments, or regulated financial systems experience
Benefits
401k plan with employer match
Flexible paid time off
Holidays
Parental leaves
Life and disability insurance
Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Company
Zelis
Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience for all.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$20.15MKey Investors
Mubadala
2024-12-04Private Equity
2020-01-05Private Equity· $20.15M
2019-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Amanda Eisel
Chief Executive Officer
Brian Gladden
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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