San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Salt Lake City, UT; Jacksonville, FL; New York City, NY Hybrid $153,600 - $264,000 USD

Galileo Financial Technologies is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Core API

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable and reliable API services.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
  • Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
  • Improve existing systems and processes.
  • Write unit and integration tests.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot production issues.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Contribute to the development of the company's technical roadmap.
  • Work closely with product managers to understand business requirements.
  • Ensure the security and compliance of API services.
  • Document technical designs and architecture decisions.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle.
  • Troubleshoot and debug complex issues.
  • Optimize API performance and scalability.
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of API services.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy and monitor API services.
  • Contribute to the development of internal tools and frameworks.
  • Participate in the design and implementation of new features.
  • Ensure the scalability and performance of API services.
  • Work closely with other engineering teams to integrate API services.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with financial technology or fintech.
  • Knowledge of payment processing systems.
  • Experience with real-time data processing.
  • Familiarity with blockchain technology.
  • Experience with machine learning and AI.
  • Knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations.
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with serverless architectures.
  • Experience with event sourcing and CQRS patterns.
  • Knowledge of graph databases.
  • Experience with data streaming platforms.
  • Familiarity with chaos engineering.
  • Experience with observability tools.
  • Knowledge of security protocols and standards.
  • Experience with API rate limiting and throttling.
  • Familiarity with API versioning strategies.
  • Experience with API authentication and authorization.
  • Knowledge of API security best practices.
  • Experience with API documentation standards.
  • Familiarity with API testing tools.

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Core API team

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement scalable and reliable API services.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
  • Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
  • Improve existing systems and processes.
  • Write unit and integration tests.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot production issues.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Contribute to the development of the company's technical roadmap.
  • Work closely with product managers to understand business requirements.
  • Ensure the security and compliance of API services.
  • Document technical designs and architecture decisions.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle.
  • Troubleshoot and debug complex issues.
  • Optimize API performance and scalability.
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of API services.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy and monitor API services.
  • Contribute to the development of internal tools and frameworks.
  • Participate in the design and implementation of new features.
  • Ensure the scalability and performance of API services.
  • Work closely with other engineering teams to integrate API services.

What You'll Need

  • Proven experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
  • Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and containerization.
  • Knowledge of API design principles and best practices.
  • Experience with microservices architecture.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies.
  • Knowledge of databases and SQL.
  • Experience with version control systems.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
  • Knowledge of security best practices.
  • Experience with RESTful APIs.
  • Familiarity with message brokers and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Knowledge of networking and protocols.
  • Experience with performance tuning and optimization.
  • Familiarity with container orchestration tools.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code.
  • Knowledge of cloud-native technologies.
  • Experience with API gateways and management tools.
  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies.
  • Experience with API documentation tools.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with financial technology or fintech.
  • Knowledge of payment processing systems.
  • Experience with real-time data processing.
  • Familiarity with blockchain technology.
  • Experience with machine learning and AI.
  • Knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations.
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with serverless architectures.
  • Experience with event sourcing and CQRS patterns.
  • Knowledge of graph databases.
  • Experience with data streaming platforms.
  • Familiarity with chaos engineering.
  • Experience with observability tools.
  • Knowledge of security protocols and standards.
  • Experience with API rate limiting and throttling.
  • Familiarity with API versioning strategies.
  • Experience with API authentication and authorization.
  • Knowledge of API security best practices.
  • Experience with API documentation standards.
  • Familiarity with API testing tools.

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Galileo Financial Technologies

We help banks, fintechs and brands build and scale modern financial products and experiences. Our cloud-native, developer-friendly and regulation-ready financial technology platform reinvents the way people interact with their money with secure and scalable APIs.

Galileo is the financial technology platform connecting people with money and shaping fintech by offering core banking, card issuing, and payment processing and more. We provide a fully integrated, multi-product infrastructure that enables seamless, modern banking experiences above the glass—from intuitive apps to embedded finance solutions—while handling everything below the glass.

With over 20 years of experience, we support financial institutions, fintechs, and brands in launching and scaling innovative payment processing and digital banking programs. Our platform powers 130+ million accounts and is trusted by best-in-class partners across 13 countries.

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