Senior Engineering Manager, Galileo Financial Technologies
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Global payments processing platform
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Global payments processing platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Galileo's mission is to expanding the financial frontier by powering the world's most innovative Fintechs.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack (Python or Java)
- 5+ years of software engineering management experience (can overlap with programming experience)
- Banking/Fintech experience (Mandatory)
- Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery principles and techniques, including unit testing and build & deploy pipelines
- Ability to coordinate and deliver work with dependencies across multiple teams
- Demonstrated expertise in building and operating resilient software components within a large scale distributed system
- Experience building/operating services on AWS/cloud environment
- Credit and/or issuer processing experience is a plus, but not required
What the job involves
- We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to manage and grow a high-performing team within our Card Processing space. You’ll set the technical direction, partner closely with Product and Operations, and drive delivery across key initiatives. This role involves deep architectural thinking, improving team processes, and fostering a culture of growth and innovation. You’ll play a key role in scaling resilient systems and supporting strategic product development at SoFi and Galileo.
- Build and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Lead and set the echnical direction of the team
- Partner with engineering and operational teams across the company to drive strategic echnical and business delivery
- Partner with Product Managers on both long term product vision and short term roadmaps
- Dive deep on all aspects of the overall design of the system. Leveraging experience and deep technical knowledge, provide leadership in evolving testing and deployment strategies
- Continue improving team processes that optimize for product and operational flows
- Grow your people and foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth
- Be an expert of the various domains that fall under the purview of the Card Processing space to support various SoFi/Galileo Product teams
Our take
The global neobanking market is still growing at a staggering rate, valued at more than $50 billion and forecast to grow 50% annually for the foreseeable future. While companies like Revolut, Monzo, and Wise have been at the forefront of this digital revolution, Galileo has been a major background player.
In essence, the 2001-founded company provides some of the world’s leading fintechs (including the aforementioned Monzo and Wise), with the software and infrastructure they need to issue cards, process payments, and build innovative digital banking products.
The Fintech industry as a whole sat up and took notice when SoFi acquired Galileo for $1.2 billion in 2020, a year before going public. However, it's worth noting that since then, Galileo has continued operating as an independent subsidiary.
The hiring of financial industry veteran Derek White as CEO, and new partnerships with the likes of Fundbox and Global Rewards indicates that business is still booming for Galileo, while the company also looks to be exploring new, potentially very lucrative avenues in the crypto industry.
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Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2019
$77m
SERIES A
May 2014
$8.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $85.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning Retirement plans and planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Fully stocked kitchen (snacks and drinks)
Company HQ
Sandy, UT
Leadership
Derek White
(CEO, not founder)Served as VP of Global FSI Cloud at Google before joining Galileo. Prior to this they were the Vice Chair & Chief Digital Officer at U.S. Bank. Previously spent almost a decade in senior roles at Barclays, including spells as Chief Customer Experience Officer, Global Retail & Business Banking, and Groupwide Chief Digital & Design Officer.
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