Senior Software Engineer

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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 Software Engineer to advance financial inclusion and digital transformation by adapting our platform to comply with local-market needs. 

On our team, you will be in the middle of it all – implementing new functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs, maintaining the health of our code, and continually growing as an engineer. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting mission-critical systems. You’ll face and solve a wide range of challenges: technical, product, and operational, shaping your personal growth and career along the way, as well as helping mold and grow the team members. 

What you’ll do: 

• Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions 
• Deliver highly available, resilient and scalable services in a production environment
• Mentor other engineers, support the technological culture, and help grow the team 
• Write, test, deploy, and monitor efficient, scalable code to production that impacts millions of individuals 
• Communicate with project leads, product managers, and other software developers 
• Participating in code and design reviews 
• Becoming domain experts on aspects of the payment processing industry

What you’ll need: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• 4+ years of programming experience in Python. 
• Hands-on experience with automated testing,building, and deployment systems (CI/CD).
• Emerging ability to lead and influence a team's technical direction 
• Hands-on experience with database and cloud technologies (Preferably AWS)
• Emerging ability to design resilient software components within a distributed system. 
• Our core stack is Python, we’re running Kubernetes, and AWS technologies like EKS/Lambda/RDS/Aurora/Dynamo. 

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 an inclusive culture. 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.