Staff Software Engineer - Tech Lead

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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.

We are looking for a Tech Leader for our Engineering team.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, development, and testing of our systems and services
• Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of AI/ML solutions
• Write, test, and deploy efficient, scalable code to production
• Ensure that our codebase remains easy to change and is always shippable
• Deliver highly available services in a production environment and be responsible for their monitoring
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for software that you help build, test, and deploy
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
• Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
• Collaborate with product and design on new initiatives and features

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Advanced/fluent level of Spanish.
• 6+ years programming experience
• experience in AI/ML-focused roles is a plus
• Proficient in Python (mandatory) & Javascript; experience with REST APIs, databases, and data structures.
• Experience working in Vue is desirable.
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery principles and techniques, including unit testing and build & deploy pipelines.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Demonstrated ability to design performant, scalable, resilient software components within a distributed system.
• Ability to lead and influence a team's technical direction
• Advanced level of English, both written and spoken
• Solid understanding of web architectures and management-as-a-service models.
• Background in product companies
• Experience in the banking or fintech industry is desirable.

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.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

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 accommodations@sofi.com.

Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

Internal Employees

If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.