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 .

The role:

As the manager of the Galileo Account Management team, you will be responsible for leading a team to build the next generation platform that will help Galileo clients scale their product offerings. We are building Account Onboarding, Lifecycle Management and Client Onboarding tools from the ground up and we need an engineering leader who can balance tactical investments in the current platform whilst leading the team to rebuild the new one.

The role requires an experienced engineering leader with excellent cross-functional and communication skills as well as backgrounds in operations, software development, systems performance and resilience engineering.  Always focusing on the quality experience of our customers.

What you’ll do: 

• Own the vision of the future Galileo Account Management platform
• Lead by example, care for the team and establish credibility with the quality of the team’s technical execution
• Lead the development, delivery and operation of the platform
• Dive deep into the domain and ensure that the right boundaries exist between platform capabilities
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of system availability
• Nurture a culture of continuous improvement and blameless retrospection  within the organization
• Grow and mentor a team of engineers, building their talents by exposing them to new challenges and experiences
• Participate in deep technical design discussions within the team, and across partner teams to ensure that we're building the right systems and keeping the quality high
• Track project performance against defined milestones/goals.
• Conduct process improvement projects to increase performance in vital program metrics.
• Communicate ongoing project health with key stakeholders and business leadership

What you’ll need:

• 3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
• 5+ years of experience with software development
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject 
• Consistent track record of performance management and career development of individual contributors
• Ability to engage in technical and business discussions from both tactical and strategic viewpoints
• Experience with operating in Cloud and distributed systems
• Experience with Continuous Delivery principles and techniques
• Experience with DevOps and full ownership of services from development to production
• Ability to balance delivering on business objectives while also protecting the long term quality of platform
• Experience leading cross-organizational efforts with different teams to ensure successful delivery of projects

Nice to have:

• Expertise building and deploying software using cloud services and AWS platforms including VPCs, ECS/EKS, etc.
• Experience re-writing legacy C++ into Python
• Experience working in highly regulated environments such as FinTech

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.

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

Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.