Data Engineer

US - Remote

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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.

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The role

As a Data Engineer at Galileo, you’ll work closely with service owners, product managers, and others to build out a world-class analytical platform. As a long-time leader in the payments space, Galileo has raw data that spans over all aspects of payments, including transactional card data, payment dispute cases, patterns of fraudulent activity, and more. Using cutting-edge tools in the cloud, you’ll assemble, model, and analyze these datasets to develop unique insights for both internal users and our clients.

What you’ll do:

• Contribute to the design, orchestration, and development of ongoing data science projects from data ingestion to presentation
• Work with platform engineers and others to develop tools/frameworks needed to carry out projects
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Synthesize insights from raw data
• Build dashboards and other visualizations; communicate findings internally and externally
• Research new data engineering and analytics methodologies with minimal guidance and support from other team members
• Build ad hoc pipelines and infrastructure in the cloud to unblock analytical projects as needed
• Values-driven approach to your role - SoFi and Galileo are values-driven companies; we look to work with others who are as well.
• Desire to make a difference by extending and diversifying the reach of innovative payment solutions around the world
• Write, test, and deploy efficient, scalable code to production that impacts millions of individuals
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
• Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers.
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What you’ll need:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in a major database environment
• Fluency in SQL for data queries
• Data modeling experience using Snowflake and familiarity with relational database design
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: dbt, Airflow, etc
• Experience with AWS-managed services such as DMS, Lambda, S3, AWS Batch, etc
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, java, etc
• Experience in building dashboards and analysis using IBM Cognos, Looker, Tableau, and related tools.
• Experience in complex SQL query optimization and schema refinement.
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Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. 

This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives. Your recruiter will provide more information to you. All roles are eligible for competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link below.

Benefits

To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi & Galileo page!

US-Based Base Compensation

$96,000 - $150,000 USD

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.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

Galileo is committed to embracing diversity. 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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