Senior Frontend Engineer, Galileo Financial Technologies
Credit Card & SoFi Money
$128-240k
Global payments processing platform
Job no longer available
Global payments processing platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$128-240k
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
- The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co-worker
- Bachelor’s degree (ideally in a technical field), but we understand great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds; we will also consider relevant work experience
- 5+ years web programming experience (React strongly preferred)
- Familiarity with Agile-based project development in a microservices environment
- Experience with designing and consuming backend APIs for web applications
- Test-driven development skills
- Passion for solving complex problems
- Strong sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
- Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture
- Experience working in a collaborative coding environment (and git specifically), refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
- Able to design and build modern and highly-responsive customer-facing components
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team and contribute to some of SoFi's most impactful products
- You'll play a pivotal role in evolving our offerings, from the market-leading robo-advisor and online brokerage (stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds) within SoFi Invest, to the architecture transformation of our SoFi Credit Card, and the exciting new frontiers of our Crypto team
- We're designing future-looking frameworks to scale our customer base, delight existing users, and disrupt the banking industry across these vital areas
- This highly collaborative environment requires unified planning and execution due to the complexity and interdependencies of these initiatives
- On our team, you will be in the middle of it all – implementing functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs, maintaining the health of our code, and continually growing as an engineer
- At SoFi, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution
- At SoFi, you’ll become part of a new kind of finance company whose ambition is to help our members achieve financial independence and reach their goals
- Produce well-designed, scalable, and reusable code on schedule
- Independently design and build large features, breaking work into subtasks where necessary
- Maintain a high bar in code and design reviews, following modern mobile development practices
- Drive communication across the development team and with other stakeholders
- Collaborate across functions and teams to reduce ambiguity and keep projects on track
- Track project performance against defined milestones/goals
- Mentor junior engineers throughout the organization
- Create and improve technical documentation
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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