Core API Engineering Manager

Galileo Financial Technologies

About The Position

As the manager of the Galileo Cards and Messaging team, you will be responsible for leading a team to ensure the highest levels of availability, performance and security of the Galileo messaging platform. Leading initiatives to improve overall capabilities in a highly distributed and dynamic environment. 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.

Requirements

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
8+ years of experience with software development
3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers (can overlap with programming experience)
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 Haves

Expertise building and deploying software using cloud services and AWS platforms including VPCs, ECS/EKS, etc.
Experience working in highly regulated environments such as FinTech

Responsibilities

Own the vision of the future Galileo Cards and Messaging 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 Messaging service
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