Engineering Manager

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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 looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our CyberDigital squad in Switzerland.  You will play a pivotal role in helping create and share the engineering culture on a new team.

You have experience leading the design, implementation and operations of multi-channel platforms that can be managed or deployed on-prem. You excel at aligning business goals and technical requirements while providing clarity in risk management and trade-offs. As an Engineering Manager you will also be responsible for nurturing the career and professional development of a team of up to 10 engineers of various levels and skillsets

What you’ll do

• Own the team’s technical vision and timely delivery execution of commitments
• Create sustainability and collective ownership for the squad
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment and proactively communicate progress.
• Understanding of the technical complexities of creating a multi-channel, white-labeled global digital banking platform.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and scalable engineering practices
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and customer-centric thinking
• Ability to provide team predictability and collaborate with leadership in scope and capacity planning exercises.
• Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Degree, or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university.
• 6+ years of Java programming experience.
• Our core stack is Java/React, and we run on Kubernetes in a microservices architecture.
• 3+ years of experience working in full stack, multi-channel products
• A proven understanding of web standards,performance, best practices, security and browser internals.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others, and get stuff done.
• Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion.
• Proven experience in production operations and support.
• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests.

Technology requirements

• Experience with ReactJS 
• Experience with Java and NodeJS
• Solid understanding of web technologies and standards:
  
  
• Security best practices (XSS, CSRF, auth flows, secure storage, etc.)
• API integration (REST, GraphQL)
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• HTML5, CSS3, responsive design
• Modern build and tooling ecosystems (Webpack, Vite, npm/yarn/pnpm, etc.) 
• Mobile native/hybrid development (ReactNative, Cordova, Swift, Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform) 

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.