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 
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer excited to help drive our code at rapid scale for our Risk platform. Galileo provides a risk platform that protects the customers from fraudsters by providing risk assessments on abnormal customer behaviors in real-time. On the Risk team, you will be in the middle of it all – implementing new functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs, maintaining the health of our code, and continually growing as an engineer. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring and supporting mission critical systems. You’ll face and solve a wide range of challenges: technical, product, and operational, shaping your personal growth and career along the way, as well as helping mold and grow the members of the team. 

What you’ll do: 
- Lead the development and testing of our systems and services 
- Engage in shaping the technical architecture of the product 
- Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
- Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team Write, test, and deploy efficient, scalable code to production that impacts millions of       individuals 
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies 
- Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers 

What you’ll need: 
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
- 4+ years programming experience in Python
- Experience building backend APIs using Flask and Python 
- Experience with Terraform for building infrastructure 
- Experience with operating in Cloud and distributed systems (Ideally AWS)
- Experience with Continuous Delivery principles and techniques 
- Experience with DevOps and full ownership of services from development to production deployment leveraging kubernetes and docker 
- Emerging ability to lead and influence a team's technical direction 
- Emerging ability to design resilient software components within a distributed system.

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.