Staff Software Engineer, Loans Platform

SoFi•Seattle, WA

About The Position

SoFi is seeking enthusiastic Staff Software Engineers who are ready to lead the design and implementation of key capabilities of the next generation of our financial services platform in support of our goals that put our members in control of their financial destiny. As an established technical leader within our team, you will focus on designing and implementing the backend services for our next-generation Lending Platform. This role involves full product lifecycle engagement, from initial concept to production deployment. Your responsibilities include creating durable designs, strong individual contributions in implementing new capabilities, and leading by example to improve engineering excellence and efficiency across the team. Success in the role will require close technical collaboration 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.

Requirements

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.
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.
Proficient working with GIT and related CI/CD systems.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
Ability to produce clear and meaningful design and operational documentation artifacts.

Nice To Haves

Experience scaling highly-available, mission-critical systems.
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.

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.
Recognition as a subject matter expert across platform systems with the ability to contribute to the resolution of systemic issues.
Ability to define the architectural direction and evolutionary strategy for critical subsystems within the platform.
Ability to drive alignment across teams resolving technical and organizational conflicts.
Raises the engineering maturity of the organization by consistently upholding the org-wide quality, reliability, and security policies.
Ability to align technology decisions with company strategy, accounting for risk and growth constraints.
Maintains standards of excellence through code and design reviews, mentors more junior engineers, and contributes to team efficiency, beyond personal output.
Is a key participant in recruiting processes.
Creating durable designs.
Strong individual contributions in implementing new capabilities.
Leading by example to improve engineering excellence and efficiency across the team.
Driving alignment and delivering technical solutions that provide outstanding value to our members.