About the position
We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our SoFi Credit Card team. We need someone who can play a pivotal role in our Credit Card product architecture transformation, focusing on the evolution of our products and new features. We are working hard to design a future looking framework, with the aim to scale our customer base, continue to delight existing customers, and disrupt the banking industry. You'll be working within a highly collaborative environment where planning and executing through a unified campaign lens is essential due to the complexity and interdependencies of these initiatives. The ideal candidate is a technical and innovative individual contributor who can help guide the overall vision of their team as well as the broader Credit Card organization. We are looking for engineers who can bring fresh perspectives, thought leadership, vision and help us scale for the future. Those with a high sense of ownership, empathy, and disruption will thrive in our team, especially those who inspire others to bring their best to our mission. At SoFi, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation, implementation, deployment, continued improvement and evolution.
Responsibilities
- Help shape the technical architecture & design of the SoFi Credit Cards
- Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
- Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
- Communicate and collaborate with product and design
- Work within and across teams to resolve technical conflicts and achieve consensus
- Lead the development and testing of our systems and services
- Ensure that our codebase remains easy to change and is always shippable
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years experience as a software engineer, designing and implementing complex software solutions.
- Experience with Java / Spring / Kotlin / Python / PostgreSQL / AWS. Expertise with any modern Java frameworks, REST APIs, and relational databases
- Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable and robust applications.
- Experience developing at-scale back-end applications
- Proven experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams, promoting technical excellence and collaboration.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, cloud infrastructure, Terraform and CI/CD
- Willingness to collaborate with others to get stuff done
- Willingness to grow your leadership skills
Nice-to-haves
- Expertise in analytics, metrics, and monitoring integrations and using data to make decisions
- Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing.
- Interest in personal finance
- Experience building data models and pipelines
- Machine Learning and automated decision experience
Benefits
- Base pay range: $172,800.00 - $297,000.00
- Eligible for a bonus
- Long term incentives
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits
