Staff Software Engineer, Invest at SoFi

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

04 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Technical Leadership, Mentorship, Collaboration, System Design

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 We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the SoFi Invest team. SoFi Invest is SoFi’s retail investment platform that includes our market-leading robo-advisor, and online brokerage (stock, ETF, and mutual funds trading) products. In this role, you will serve as a key architect and technical leader—driving forward our systems design, shaping our engineering culture, mentoring a team of engineers, and collaborating across the broader SoFi organization to deliver scalable, reliable, and performant trading systems. If you’re passionate about solving complex technical problems and building resilient systems that serve millions of users, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact. What You’ll Do: Technical Leadership & Strategy Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for our trading infrastructure, focusing on reliability, scale, and future extensibility. Lead critical architectural efforts, including system redesigns, platform migrations, and service decomposition for trading flows and market connectivity. Contribute high-quality code and set the bar for software design, performance, and operational excellence. Platform Ownership Design and deliver highly available, low-latency backend services that support order management, routing, settlement, and real-time trading constraints. Identify and remediate systemic bottlenecks, architecture weaknesses, and scaling limitations. Ensure robust observability and operational readiness across services, championing standards in logging, monitoring, and alerting. Own complex incident resolution and guide teams on root-cause analysis. Mentorship & Influence Act as a technical mentor and sounding board for engineers at all levels; lead by example in design reviews and technical decision-making. Champion engineering best practices, system design maturity, and operational excellence across the Invest group. Foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement. Cross-Team Collaboration Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Compliance partners to translate business requirements into reliable, auditable systems. Collaborate with peer engineers across SoFi to align platform capabilities and infrastructure patterns. Lead technical working groups and influence roadmaps that span multiple teams. What You’ll Need: Experience & Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 6+ years of professional software development experience. Technical Expertise Proficiency in JVM-based languages (Java or Kotlin preferred); familiarity with Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks. Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems principles. Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and modern CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with cloud-native tooling, containerization, and infrastructure as code (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.). Leadership & Collaboration Demonstrated ability to drive large-scale cross-functional initiatives, collaborate effectively with stakeholders, and balance business priorities with technical constraints. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including business stakeholders, product managers, and junior engineers. Nice to Haves: Experience with trading protocols (e.g., FIX), clearing systems, or market data feeds. Familiarity with latency-sensitive or real-time financial systems. Prior work in a high-growth fintech or exchange environment Why You’ll Love Working Here: Work on real-time systems that directly power SoFi’s investment products and touch millions of members. Collaborate with smart, kind engineers who take pride in high-quality systems and care about the impact of their work. Shape the next generation of SoFi’s investing platform—and help our members get their money right. 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

The Staff Software Engineer will drive the technical strategy for trading infrastructure and lead architectural efforts. They will also mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable systems.