Job Board
LogoLogo

Get Jobs Tailored to Your Resume

Filtr uses AI to scan 1000+ jobs and finds postings that perfectly matches your resume

SoFi Logo

Staff Backend Software Engineer, Operations

SoFi

Salary not specified
Sep 30, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US • Seattle, WA, US
Apply Now

SoFi is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help build next-generation applications that empower front-line and back-office agents to better support members, with a focus on integrating automation and intelligent assistance into agent-facing tools

Requirements

  • 8+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
  • 6+ years Java or Kotlin programming experience and an understanding of relational databases and ORMs
  • Experience working in a collaborative coding environment (and git specifically), refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
  • Understanding of operational excellence and its importance. Has experience in various monitoring tools such as DataDog
  • Expert programming skills with solid fundamentals
  • Understanding of AI terminology is a plus
  • Our core stack is React / Java / Kotlin / Spring / PostgreSQL / AWS bedrock

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain modern applications with Java/Kotlin, Spring, relational DBs, Kafka, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and reusable component libraries
  • Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and system design to drive high-quality solutions
  • Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
  • Apply operational excellence best practices: monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and ensuring system reliability
  • Experiment with AI-driven features (e.g., context-aware responses, intelligent data retrieval)
  • Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
  • Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies

Other

  • Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
  • Strong sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
  • Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture
  • Mentor junior developers