Engineering Manager (Data Engineering / Business Intelligence)

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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.

The role:

As the manager of the Galileo Data & Business Intelligence team, you will be responsible for leading a team to ensure the highest levels of availability, performance and security of the Galileo Payments platform. Leading initiatives to improve overall capabilities in a highly distributed and dynamic environment. 

The role requires an experienced engineering leader with excellent cross-functional and communication skills as well as backgrounds in operations, software development, systems performance and resilience engineering.  Always focusing on the quality experience of our customers.

 What you’ll do: 

• Own the vision of the future Galileo Data Engineering/Business Intelligence within our Payments platform
• Lead by example, care for the team and establish credibility with the quality of the team’s technical execution
• Lead the development, delivery and operation of the Authorization service
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of system availability
• Nurture a culture of continuous improvement and blameless retrospection  within the organization
• Grow and mentor a team of engineers, building their talents by exposing them to new challenges and experiences
• Participate in deep technical design discussions within the team, and across partner teams to ensure that we're building the right systems and keeping the quality high
• Track project performance against defined milestones/goals.
• Conduct process improvement projects to increase performance in vital program metrics.
• Communicate ongoing project health with key stakeholders and business leadership

What you’ll need:

• 3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
• 10+ years of experience with Data Engineering or Business Intelligence 
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject 
• Consistent track record of performance management and career development of individual contributors
• Ability to engage in technical and business discussions from both tactical and strategic viewpoints
• Within Data Engineering, ability to build/design/develop a database; not just run it.
• Having worked with Python, SQL, Databricks, and Snowflake (looking to transition from Oracle to Snowflake).
• Within Business Intelligence, experience within FinTech building out reports for clients and own our internal reports for fraud & risk.
• Familiar with Cognos for reporting.
• Ability to balance delivering on business objectives while also protecting the long term quality of platform
• Experience leading cross-organizational efforts with different teams to ensure successful delivery of projects

Nice to have:

• Ideally have both strong BI and Data Engineering backgrounds; but will consider candidates that have a heavier/stronger leaning background on either side.

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.

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