Senior Software Engineer, Loans Platform at SoFi

Seattle, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Jul, 26

Salary

240000.0

Posted On

08 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Java, Kotlin, Git, CI/CD, Public cloud, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, Relational databases, Document databases, Distributed systems, Microservices, Workflow orchestration, API design, System architecture

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Employee Applicant Privacy Notice Who we are: 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. The Role Join us in revolutionizing the lending landscape. SoFi is seeking enthusiastic Senior Software Engineers who are ready to lead the development of key advancement to the next generation of our financial services platform. Key qualifications of this role include: Leading the technical evolution of one or more key platform subsystems. Resolving problems in the platform design and implementation that weren’t clearly anticipated, taking requirements with ambiguity and proposing durable technical solutions. Expertly leverage existing solution patterns and understand when to differentiate resulting in well-structured, maintainable code. Ability to understand data models, APIs, scaling concerns, and failure modes in order to make effective trade-offs between maintainability and performance. Creating stability by writing meaningful tests, considering observability, and leveraging your ability to debug complex issues across multiple system layers. The ability to create clear design and operational documentation. Contributes to code reviews, is a role model for more junior engineers, and contributes to team efficiency, beyond personal output. What You’ll Do As an emerging leader within our team, you will focus on building out the backend services for our next-generation Lending Platform. This role involves full product lifecycle engagement, from initial concept to deployment. Key responsibilities include implementing new capabilities, ensuring code quality, and delivering highly-available, scalable services. Success requires close technical collaboration with Product, Marketing, Operations, Business, Legal, and Compliance teams. You will be responsible for translating business requirements from these stakeholders into effective technical solutions that provide outstanding value to our members. What You’ll Need Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or Software Engineering 3+ years as a professional, full-time Software Engineer, or similar relevant work experience. Proficient coding in Java, Kotlin, or other similar object-oriented programming language. Proficient working with GIT and related CI/CD systems. 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. Nice To Have Full-Stack experience in both back-end (Kafka, Redis, Docker) and front-end (JavaScript, TypeScript, React). Experience with microservices design principles and architecture. Experience with workflow orchestration technology (AWS step function, Temporal). We're driven to push boundaries and deliver exceptional products to help our members achieve financial stability. If you have the passion and a commitment to customer success, we want to hear from you. Compensation and Benefits The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page! SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law. The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time. Internal Employees If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.

Responsibilities

You will lead the technical evolution of key platform subsystems and build backend services for the next-generation lending platform. This involves full product lifecycle engagement, from initial concept to deployment, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.