Engineering Manager

Galileo Financial Technologies

About The Position

As the manager of the Galileo Account Management team, you will be responsible for leading a team to build the next generation platform that will help Galileo clients scale their product offerings. We are building Account Onboarding, Lifecycle Management and Client Onboarding tools from the ground up and we need an engineering leader who can balance tactical investments in the current platform whilst leading the team to rebuild the new one. 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

3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
5+ years of experience with software development
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
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 re-writing legacy C++ into Python
Experience working in highly regulated environments such as FinTech

Responsibilities

Own the vision of the future Galileo Account Management 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 platform
Dive deep into the domain and ensure that the right boundaries exist between platform capabilities
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