Galileo Financial Technologies

financial technology

PrincipalEngineer

Lucerne, Switzerland
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The Brief

“Principal Engineer at Galileo Financial Technologies. Skills: frontend architecture, distributed systems architecture, software development, technical leadership. Define and evolve the frontend architecture across web and mobile (web-based) platforms. Collaborate with other engineering leaders in the evolution of the digital platform architecture”

What You'll Achieve.

support the needs of both on-prem and hosted customers; ensure that user-facing platforms are robust, maintainable, secure, and future-proof; translate business and user needs into elegant technical solutions; advocate for the right organization priorities; define and execute on technical strategy; set a high quality standard for teams to follow; set us up for technical and business success; drive technical directions and product outcomes; shape the habits and processes of highly effective teams; deliver on our engineer goals; produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment

Industry & Context.

financial technology
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex engineering problems endemic to high-availability, low-latency, scalable distributed systems; Proactively identify the problems to solve; Proactively identify broader problems and opportunities; judgment, experience recognizing and driving out critical decisions in a balanced and pragmatic way

Eligibility Requirements

willingness to adapt working hours at times, Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years programming experience, mastery of software development independent of language, Advanced expertise in designing frontend platforms including mobile, web, SDKs and micro-frontends, Advanced expertise in designing, building, and operating large-scale fault-tolerant distributed systems, applications, databases, and workflows, Ability to effectively translate product and UX concepts into scalable technical solutions, Demonstrated experience with continuous delivery principles and techniques, Experience building systems with public cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Ability to lead and influence technical direction across multiple teams, Experience working in teams distributed across time zones and willingness to adapt working hours at times

Nice to Have

Spanish a plus, Experience operating, supporting and running software in production environments, Experience architecting the distribution of SDKs, libraries and components to other engineering teams, New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

What You'll Do.

Define and evolve the frontend architecture across web and mobile (web-based) platforms

Collaborate with other engineering leaders in the evolution of the digital platform architecture

Build that deliver engineering efficiency and standardization of non-functional requirements

Be a technical advisor to the Director of Engineering

Be hands-on developing software

Define the right boundaries

and integrations between our teams and with our clients and partners

Solve complex engineering problems endemic to high-availability

scalable distributed systems

Execute large-scale projects

and execution across multiple teams

Proactively identify broader problems and opportunities

Anticipate and design the next generation of our systems and products

Raise the quality of our engineering teams

Mentor and coach to individuals and teams across the company

Steward engineering communities

Articulate how technical architecture and team structure interact

Provide input to the right organization structure to deliver on our engineer goals

Represent technical strategy to business and executive stakeholders

Participate in strategic planning

Continuously drives improvement

new practices and operational excellence initiatives across the department

Raise the quality of department and products

Be able to stand up processes

or tools to improve engineering excellence

and quality of our technology

Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Influence will across teams, projects and locations; Work closely with product management, UX, backend architects, and delivery teams; Cross-functional role working closely with engineering, product, risk, compliance, data, legal, and executive teams; Collaborate with other engineering leaders; Guide engineering teams; Lead and influence technical direction across multiple teams; Experience working in teams distributed across time zones; Steward engineering communities, fostering design collaboration and mindshare; Articulate how technical architecture and team structure interact

Communication Scope

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Process & Methodology

Execute large-scale projects, leading design, planning, and execution across multiple teams

Full Job Description

Employee Applicant Privacy Notice 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. About the role We are looking for a Principal Engineer with experience in the design and operations of multi-channel white-labeled platforms. In this role you will lead the design and evolution of our platform to support the needs of both on-prem and hosted customers. Your influence will span across teams, projects and locations, shaping both our technical direction as well as how our teams build and operate software systems. You will be responsible for defining frontend architecture standards, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring that user-facing platforms are robust, maintainable, secure, and future-proof. You will work closely with product management, UX, backend architects, and delivery teams to translate business and user needs into elegant technical solutions. You will proactively identify the problems to solve and advocate for the right organization priorities. This role is inherently cross-functional and you will work clo

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