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Who we are:
Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. Galileo is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. Galileo leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://www.galileo-ft.com/working-at-galileo.
Who we are:
Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. Galileo is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. Galileo leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://www.galileo-ft.com/working-at-galileo.
The role:
We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Markets Team. As a Staff engineer, you will be responsible for a small team of backend and ML engineers. You will mentor and guide your team into building highly scalable systems with micro-service architecture serving both internal and external clients. If you are passionate about building systems from scratch, this is the right role for you. This team is responsible to build, maintain and sustain functionalities that are required for new markets in which the company is expanding. Our ideal candidate has a passion for clean code, a hunger to take on challenging and exciting projects, a lot of proactiveness to make things happen, and at the same time mentoring and engaging the team.
What you’ll do:
- Be an impactful contributor to the team to plan, design, and build elegant solutions
- Managing the complete software development process from conception to deployment
- Design and implementation of the overall architecture
- Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
- Design and build REST API’s
- Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
- Domain expert on aspects of the payment processing industry
- Communicate engineering concepts and efforts with outside stakeholders in product marketing, operations, business, legal, and compliance
- Work in a fast-moving, highly-collaborative environment across multiple locations
What you’ll need:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Software Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience in backend software development
- 3+ years of professional experience with Python
- Expert in AWS tech stack including Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis Firehose, SQS, SNS, EKS, EC2, S3, IAM Roles, VPC Endpoints
- Experience in creating IaaS using Terraform or related technologies
- Demonstrated professional expertise in design patterns, security, performance, and usability
- Agile Development Experience, including working with continuous deployment technologies, such as Git/Gitlab
- Experience designing SPAs that interact with REST API endpoints
- Fluency in SQL for data queries
- Familiar with working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them to technical requirements
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Ability to lead and mentor a small technical team
Nice to have:
- Prior exposure to the payments industry and familiarity with risk and fraud solutions
- Familiarity with Snowflake
- Familiarity with web caching, load balancing
Compensation and BenefitsThe base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives. Your recruiter will provide more information to you. All roles are eligible for competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link below.
BenefitsTo view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our
Benefits at SoFi & Galileopage! US-Based Base Compensation$1—$2 USD
Galileo Financial Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.
The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Galileo is committed to embracing diversity. As part of this commitment, Galileo offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email [email protected].
Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
Internal EmployeesIf you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.
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