Front End Software Engineer
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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.
The role:
In this role as a Front End Software Engineer (Mid Level), you treat our Design System as a Product, with primary ownership of the presentation layer: the UI components, interaction patterns, theming, and developer experience that power Galileo’s digital experiences. Beyond building the system, you will help create the R&D tooling and sandbox environment that enables rapid research, design, and development (RD&D)—supporting fast prototyping, experimentation, and validation of new end-user experiences and value propositions for Galileo, our business partners, and our white-label clients.
Your mission is to evolve our front-end practice into a high-quality, high-velocity, AI-native delivery model that enables Sales, Marketing, and Digital teams to prototype, demo, test, and ship consistent, brand-ready experiences faster. You will bridge the gap from design vision to production reality by leveraging semantic tokens, a dynamic component and patterns architecture, and AI-assisted workflows to increase efficiency, reduce redundant manual work, and accelerate learning through experimentation.
What you’ll do:
- Own the presentation layer of Galileo’s Design System as a product: UI components, interaction patterns, theming, and developer experience across Galileo and white-label ecosystems.
- Build and evolve a token-first architecture (semantic tokens, aliasing, themes) that enables multi-brand delivery, fast re-skinning, and consistent behavior across surfaces.
- Engineer a dynamic component + patterns architecture that supports composable experiences, scalable variants, and predictable APIs while maintaining accessibility and performance standards.
- Create an RD&D sandbox and tooling for rapid prototyping and experimentation—enabling research, design, and development teams to test new end-user experiences and value propositions quickly.
- Develop AI-native workflows that compress cycle time (design → prototype → code → validation), including scaffolding, refactoring, test generation, and documentation automation.
- Establish guardrails and quality gates (linting, token validation, accessibility checks, visual regression where relevant) to reduce drift, prevent regressions, and maintain system integrity.
- Enable Sales, Marketing, and Digital teams with demo-ready, brand-ready prototypes and reusable assets that accelerate go-to-market storytelling without sacrificing production feasibility.
What you’ll need:
- 3–5 years of experience building modern front-end applications and/or shared UI platforms, with strong ownership of UI architecture and delivery.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript + modern JavaScript and React (or comparable component framework), including component design patterns and API discipline.
- Deep capability in HTML/CSS, responsive UI, and accessibility-first implementation, with practical experience implementing reliable interaction behaviors.
- Proven experience contributing to design systems/component libraries and/or token-based theming for scalable UI delivery (multi-brand experience is a plus).
- Strong design–engineering collaboration, including Figma proficiency (components/variables, libraries, handoff workflows) and required familiarity with server-side integration concepts such as MCP to collaborate effectively with designers and AI-enabled design-to-code workflows.
- Front-end craft depth including motion, animation, transitions, and interaction polish (micro-interactions, state changes, performance-safe animation patterns) plus awareness of generative UI workflows.
- Practical quality + AI discipline: experience with testing (unit/integration; visual regression a plus), performance awareness (bundle size/rendering/loading), and productive use of AI tools for prototyping/refactoring/tests/docs/debugging—paired with strong guardrails (prompt discipline, code review rigor, traceability).
- Advanced English Level.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required to answer questions and communicate issues clearly & concisely to associates, members, and management
- Ability to react to change quickly and implement new processes & procedures
- Work independently with little or no supervision
- Professional demeanor and excellent work habits are essential
Nice to have:
- Experience building prototype-to-production pipelines (e.g., Storybook/workbench environments, token build/transform automation, CI-driven component validation) that accelerate adoption and reduce design–code drift.
- Familiarity with multi-platform design system delivery (web + native patterns), including approaches for aligning tokens/components across platforms and supporting white-label brand governance at scale.
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.
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