Staff Software Engineer, Servicing Platform

SoFi•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world. 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.

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.
Experience utilizing AI tools (such as Claude) efficiently.

Nice To Haves

Experience scaling highly-available, mission-critical systems.
Full-stack engineering experience, or willingness to expand your influence across our entire platform.

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation across multiple system domains, and define the architectural direction and evolutionary strategy for critical subsystems.
Resolve problems with competing constraints and significant ambiguity, and contribute as a subject-matter expert across platform systems.
Drive alignment across teams to resolve technical and organizational conflicts, and align technology decisions with company strategy and risk.
Raise the engineering maturity of the organization through code and design reviews, mentorship of junior engineers, and consistent enforcement of quality, reliability, and security standards.
Participate as a key contributor in recruiting and team-building.
Focus on designing and implementing the backend services for our next-generation Lending Platform.
Full product lifecycle engagement, from initial concept to production deployment.
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.
Driving alignment and delivering technical solutions that provide outstanding value to our members.