Galileo Financial Technologies · 5 hours ago
Staff Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $264K/yr
8+ years expGalileo Financial Technologies is a financial technology company that provides innovative software products and services for Fintechs. They are seeking a Staff Data Engineer to shape the architecture of their cloud-native data platform, establish technical direction, and drive complex cross-team initiatives to enhance performance and reliability.
BankingDecentralized Finance (DeFi)FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechIT ManagementLendingPayments
Responsibilities
Shape the architecture of Galileo’s cloud-native, multi-tenant data platform, defining patterns and workflows used by internal teams and external clients
Design domain data models, contracts, and semantic layers that improve clarity, trust, and consistent analytical and operational use across the business
Build and evolve reusable platform components that raise engineering standards and eliminate one-off, pipeline-by-pipeline work
Lead strategy for automated data quality, lineage, and observability, moving us toward metadata-driven systems with clear SLOs
Drive complex cross-team initiatives, creating clarity, aligning stakeholders, and guiding architectural decisions that move the platform forward
Resolve systemic platform issues through durable improvements that enhance performance, reliability, and developer productivity
Partner with Product, Platform, Security, and Analytics to align priorities and connect technical decisions to broader organizational goals
Raise engineering standards through strong design reviews, improved CI/CD practices, and automation that reduces operational load
We’re looking for someone who not only raises the technical bar, but also strengthens our small, high-trust team through thoughtful communication, ownership, and a genuine commitment to being a culture add
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional data platform engineering experience, with proven depth leading complex, cross-team initiatives and evolving long-lived systems
Expert-level SQL and strong proficiency in Python or Java, with a track record of building reliable, maintainable, well-tested data systems
Deep Snowflake expertise, including architectural design, warehouse optimization, cost/performance trade-offs, data sharing, and advanced platform features
Strong experience in a major cloud environment (AWS preferred), designing systems that are secure, scalable, observable, and aligned to best practices
Expertise with workflow orchestration (Airflow preferred) and transformation frameworks (dbt, PySpark, Snowpark)
Experience shaping BI or semantic layers ensuring durable, consistent definitions across domains
Strong grounding in Git-based workflows and CI/CD, with the ability to improve engineering practices, reduce operational friction, and raise release reliability across squads
Demonstrated Staff-level leadership - creating clarity from ambiguity, making sound architectural trade-offs, mentoring across teams, and driving alignment through clear, direct communication
Preferred
AWS experience preferred
Airflow experience preferred
Benefits
This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives.
All roles are eligible for competitive benefits.
Company
Galileo Financial Technologies
Galileo (SoFi's Tech Platform) is a leading fintech platform that provides modern core banking and payments infrastructure.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$85.3MKey Investors
AccelMercato Partners
2020-04-07Acquired
2019-10-17Series A· $77M
2014-08-06Series A
Leadership Team
Kurt Fenstermacher
Director, Software Engineering
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