SoFi is seeking enthusiastic Staff Software Engineers to lead the design and implementation of key capabilities of the next generation of their financial services platform, to put their members in control of their financial destiny.
Requirements
- 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 fundamental distributed systems concepts.
- Deep understanding of microservices design principles and architecture.
- Experience with performance tuning and optimizing data access patterns.
Responsibilities
- Leading design and implementation efforts across multiple system domains to affect cross-team outcomes.
- Resolving problems in the platform design and implementation where there are competing constraints and significant ambiguity.
- Defining the architectural direction and evolutionary strategy for critical subsystems within the platform.
- Driving alignment across teams resolving technical and organizational conflicts.
- Creating durable designs, strong individual contributions in implementing new capabilities, and leading by example to improve engineering excellence and efficiency across the team.
- Close technical collaboration with Product, Marketing, Operations, Business, Legal, and Compliance teams.
- Delivering technical solutions that provide outstanding value to SoFi's members.
Other
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or Software Engineering
- 5+ years as a professional, full-time Software Engineer, or similar relevant work experience.
- 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
- Ability to produce clear and meaningful design and operational documentation artifacts.
- Ability to work with GIT and related CI/CD systems.
