Staff 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 worlds 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 tomorrows 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 are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Engineering team.

What youll do:

• Architect resilient software components within a distributed Python and C environment (K8s EKS EC2 Lambda RDS etc).
• Take full ownership for solving complex problems from inception to execution.
• Drive team and organization strategy with minimal guidance ensuring technical decisions directly support company goals.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical debt or process friction simplifying the codebase and developer experience to improve team velocity.
• Coach and mentor engineers to build a high-performance culture. Serve as a subject matter expert who remains approachable.
• Proactively communicate identify and mitigate technical risks navigating trade-offs between system constraints and business impact.
• Build trust with functional leaders and stakeholders communicating highly technical concepts into clear dialogue to gain alignment on priorities.
• Work with Python and C applications to resolve wide-ranging issues and drive feature implementation.

What youll need:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6 years programming experience ideally on a modern stack.
• Experience: 4 years of experience writing high-quality production-grade Python.
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery principles and techniques including unit testing and build & deploy pipelines.
• Ability to lead and influence a teams technical direction.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies (RDS Aurora Dynamo EKS or Lambda) and Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated ability to design resilient software components within a distributed system.
  
  

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Python Flask and/or FastAPI frameworks.
• Experience developing in C.
• Domain knowledge in Payment Systems or financial tech.
  
  

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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 .

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