Galileo financial technologies

Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

Costa Rica Full Time

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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 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 https://www.galileo-ft.com/working-at-galileo.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on frontend to join our Delivery team.

Key responsibilities 

  • Use React/HTML/CSS/JavaScript to turn designs into performant and maintainable user interfaces 
  • Lead the development and testing of system components/services, code and design reviews ● Manage projects and deliverables, and design, deploy and improve database solutions.
  • Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment 
  • Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product 
  • Help translate user stories into technical solutions 
  • Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment ● Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team ● Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies 
  • Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers ● Consistently demonstrate extremely high levels of technical knowledge, ingenuity, and creativity. Develops and applies advanced technologies, engineering principles, theories, and concepts. Broad knowledge about the design and operation of systems outside of specialty. 

Requirements 

  • Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience 5+ years related experience or demonstrated equivalent
  • Experience with React
  • Advanced level of English (Mandatory)
  • Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling
  • Strong knowledge of semantic HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Effective communication skills
  • Familiarity with responsive design/development and mobile-web best practices.
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff don
  •  Strong sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
  •  Experience working in a collaborative coding environment (and git specifically), refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
  • Experience working with Redux, Typescript and working on large-scale applications 

Nice To Have 

  • Full-stack engineering experience, or a willingness and passion to broaden your technical skill set
  • Expertise with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, AWS, CI/CD.
  • Fintech/finance experience
  • Experience working in customer facing websites
  • B2B Experience

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