Enterprise Architect, Finance Technology

Details

Reddit is seeking an Enterprise Architect to own the systems and data architecture underpinning its Finance organization. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution, including setting the architectural vision for Finance technology, managing a small high-impact team, and delivering systems engineering work directly. The position partners closely with Finance, Corporate Engineering, and Data teams.

Responsibilities

Architecture and Strategy

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Finance systems, including ERP, close management, planning and consolidation, data pipelines, and adjacent tooling.
• Develop and maintain a Finance systems roadmap aligned with Reddit's growth, mergers and acquisitions, and evolving reporting requirements.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and provide technical guidance for Finance technology investments.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, integration patterns, and data governance practices across the Finance technology stack.
• Partner with Corporate Engineering, Data Engineering, and Security to ensure Finance systems are scalable, compliant, and well integrated.

Hands-On Systems Engineering

• Personally own the delivery of systems engineering work.
• Configure, integrate, and maintain Finance platforms such as NetSuite, Workday, Coupa, Zip, and Adaptive, or equivalent platforms.
• Design and build integrations between Finance systems and upstream and downstream data sources.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for Finance system issues.
• Support mergers and acquisitions through systems due diligence, gap analysis, and integration planning.
• Design and manage scalable data pipelines using tools such as Workato and BigQuery to support a robust finance data warehouse.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as the primary technical liaison for Finance leadership, translating business requirements into architectural decisions and clearly communicating tradeoffs.
• Partner with Finance to understand pain points and proactively identify system improvements.
• Apply a demand-management approach to intake by helping Finance stakeholders articulate needs, estimate effort, and sequence work effectively.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Finance technology stacks, including ERP, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with Finance technology platforms such as NetSuite, Workato, Adaptive, Zip, Coupa, Ramp, Workday, and Salesforce, or comparable platforms.
• Hands-on proficiency with systems integration, including APIs, ETL/ELT, and iPaaS tools.
• Experience with data modeling in a Finance context.
• Ability to operate across abstraction levels, from executive architecture discussions to technical implementation details.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions workstreams, including due diligence, integration, and cutover, is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with analytics engineering practices and tools such as Hex and Looker, or similar technologies.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain systems architecture to both CFOs and data engineers.
• Experience building and managing data pipelines, including familiarity with iPaaS platforms such as Workato and data warehousing solutions such as BigQuery.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience at a high-growth public technology company.
• Background working with Corporate Engineering or shared services models.
• Exposure to SOX compliance considerations in systems design.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Global benefits programs supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
• Family planning support.
• Gender-affirming care.
• Mental health and coaching benefits.
• Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Eligibility for equity in the form of restricted stock units.

Compensation

The base salary range is $180,200–$252,300 USD. The role may span more than one career level and may also be eligible for commission depending on the position offered.