SoFi · 15 hours ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Loans Originations
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$173K/yr - $297K/yr
7+ years expSoFi is a next-generation financial services company and national bank, and they are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the evolution of their financial services platform. The role involves defining technical vision, leading design and implementation efforts, and collaborating with various teams to deliver value to members.
CreditCredit CardsFinancial ServicesFinTechLendingWealth Management
Responsibilities
Leading design and implementation efforts across platform domains to affect multi-team or org-wide outcomes
Resolving problems in the platform design and implementation where there are competing constraints, significant ambiguity, and high technical or business risk
Recognition as a subject matter expert across a broad range of platform systems with the ability to identify and coordinate the resolution of systemic issues
Ability to define the long-term architectural direction for critical areas of the platform, aligning multiple teams around a shared vision, and developing an execution plan for delivering incremental value in stages
Ability to drive alignment across teams resolving technical and organizational conflicts, and successfully building consensus around difficult tradeoffs
Raises the engineering maturity of the organization by driving key improvements in the organization's culture and processes supporting engineering excellence
Ability to collaborate with partners to align technology and company strategy, resulting in plans that address the short and long-term goals of the business
Ability to identify and drive key improvements in systems supporting engineer productivity and velocity
Mentors engineers both inside and outside of the immediate team, and is a key participant in recruiting processes
As a widely recognized technical leader within the team, you will focus on making key contributions to the definition and execution of the technical vision and strategy for the platform
Your responsibilities include defining and building consensus around evolutionary roadmaps for key areas of the platform that align with our business goals, strong individual contributions in coordinating and implementing those plans in stages that deliver distinct customer value, and leading improvements to the engineering efficiency and culture of engineering excellence across the team
Success in the role will require building and maintaining effective partnerships with Product, Marketing, Operations, Business, Legal, and Compliance teams
You will be a key stakeholder in those partnerships, responsible for driving alignment and delivering technical solutions that provide outstanding value to our members
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
7+ years as a professional, full-time Software Engineer, or similar relevant work experience
4+ years in a technical leadership role
Proven track record of defining and leading cross-team initiatives in support of key business and strategic goals
Proven track record of leading initiatives increasing engineering productivity and improving engineering excellence
Exemplary communication and documentation skills
Proficient coding in Java, Kotlin, or other similar object-oriented programming language
Experience with public cloud compute, storage, and infrastructure
Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and Spring Boot or similar frameworks
Deep understanding of relational and document database fundamentals
Deep understanding of microservices design principles and architecture
Deep understanding of scaling highly-available, mission-critical systems
Expert proficiency working with GIT and related CI/CD systems
Experience leading and improving Agile methodologies
Preferred
Experience with AWS technologies – DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, Kinesis, SQS, S3, and Athena
Full-stack engineering experience, or willingness to expand your influence across our entire platform
Company
SoFi
SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.25BKey Investors
Fortress Investment GroupPGIMQatar Investment Authority
2025-12-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2025-07-29Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2025-04-17Post Ipo Debt· $3.2B
Leadership Team
Anthony Noto
CEO
Jeremy Rishel
Chief Technology Officer
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