Staff Software Engineer
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Who we are:
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
The role
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with a natural inclination to solve complex problems. You will play a pivotal role in the design and implementation of systems that power our home screen and other core experiences!!
This role requires a deep expertise in building distributed systems, leadership in cross-functional environments, and a strategic ability to align engineering initiatives with business objectives.
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be in the middle of it all. You’ll work across functional and organizational boundaries to ship new features, improve our system architecture, squash bugs, and hone your technical skills. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and delivery, and is a good mentor and co-worker.
At SoFi, collaboration between Product, Design, and Engineering is key. You’ll be involved throughout the entire product lifecycle – from ideation to deployment, iteration, and beyond – working alongside an all-star team of talented engineers.
What you’ll do:
Produce well-designed, scalable, and reusable code on schedule
Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
Drive technical architecture, design decisions and cross-functional discussions for the product
Develop and improve systems that impact multiple teams
Collaborate across functions and teams to reduce ambiguity and keep projects on track
Track project performance against defined milestones/goals
Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
Create and improve technical documentation
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s degree (ideally in a technical field), but we understand great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds; we will also consider relevant work experience
8+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
Our core stack is Kotlin / Spring / PostgreSQL, and we run on Kubernetes in a service oriented architecture with over 100 services in production
You should have 3+ years Java or Kotlin programming experience
You should have a strong understanding of relational databases
You should have worked on a SOA or microservice-based application
Experience working with asynchronous systems and event based systems (queues, streams)
Pragmatic approach towards handling tech debt versus shipping new features
Nice to have:
Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLM) into products
Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
Full-stack experience across backend and frontend
History of building digital products in the financial space
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.
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!
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