Director, Software Development

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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:

We are seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead the technical strategy, development and execution of both our Digital Banking Framework and Digital Banking Platform. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for building the foundational infrastructure that powers our hosted customer-facing experiences.

This leader will drive the design and delivery of platform capabilities that support scalable, performant, and secure digital products. You’ll manage multiple teams, align cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure the frameworks and services your org delivers accelerate—not constrain—product development across the company.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the technical vision and delivery execution
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering leaders to align platform work with business needs
• Ensure the platform supports rapid product development across dozens of different customer programs while maintaining quality, compliance, and operational excellence
• Attract, retain, and develop top-tier engineering talent
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and customer-centric thinking
• Manage multiple remote engineering teams across platform and framework domains

• Ensure reliable, secure, and scalable engineering practices
• Measure and improve time-to-market metrics
  
  

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years of proven experience in leadership roles, preferably within mobile and web domain, including backend.
• Deep expertise in designing and managing cloud-based solutions with a strong focus on resiliency .
• Strong understanding of agile development principles and tools.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Experience with AWS (or other public cloud infra) and modern mobile stacks
• Experience working in a regulated industry, such as finance, is a plus.
• Bi-Lingual Spanish/English is required.

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.