Senior Software Engineer

SoFi
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Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with leading technical architecture and building scalable services, with a preference for those experienced in AI technologies and hybrid work arrangements in the financial services domain.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of experience in Java, Kotlin, Python, and JavaScript, and a track record in distributed systems.
    — “Seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
  • Individuals who have worked in AI agent development using AWS Bedrocks and Spring AI, and are familiar with SOA or microservices.
    — “AI terminologies, including Large Language Models (LLM) usage in agent development using AWS Bedrocks and Spring AI.
  • Candidates who have led or mentored engineering teams and shaped technical architecture in a production environment.
    — “Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team.

Things to consider

  • Remote work is limited to part-time options, with a hybrid arrangement required in San Francisco.
    — “Hybrid work from Social Finance offices in San Francisco, CA.
  • Candidates must be prepared for work in a financial services domain with a focus on member impact.
    — “Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with feature gating mechanisms like Optimizely in tech stack modernization projects.
    — “driving digital transformation initiatives through large-scale service migrations and tech stack modernization using feature gating mechanisms like Optimizely.
  • Emphasize leadership in code reviews and technical design decisions.
    — “Lead the development and testing of system components/services, code and design reviews.
  • Showcase hands-on experience with distributed systems testing using JUnit.
    — “sophisticated testing systems for distributed systems at scale using JUnit.
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Developed and tested system components/services
  • Participated in shaping the technical architecture of the product
  • Translated product requirements into user stories and technical solutions
  • Delivered highly available and scalable services in a production environment
  • Generated ideas for new initiatives and technologies
Typical background
7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineeringExperience in modern technology stacksExperience in service-oriented architecture or microservice-based application environment

Skills & requirements

Required

JavaKotlinPythonJavaScriptReactGraphQLSpring BootAirflowZookeeperTerraformKafkaFlinkDockerKubernetesAWS FargateLarge Language ModelsAWS BedrocksSpring AIGitAWS CDK

Preferred

Agile MethodologiesDevOpsMicroservicesCloud-native ApplicationsServerless Architectures

Stack & domain

ReactGraphQLSpring BootAirflowZookeeperTerraformKafkaFlinkJavaKotlinPythonJavaScriptDockerKubernetesAWS FargateLarge Language Models (llm)AWS BedrocksSpring AIGitAWS CDKJunitDatadogAWS CloudwatchOptimizelyCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkAIReal-time SystemsCloud Infrastructure

About the role

Original posting from SoFi

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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.

Social Finance, LLC seeks Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA: 

Job Duties: Lead the development and testing of system components/services, code and design reviews. Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product. Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions. Delivery highly available and scalable services in a production environment. Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team. Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies. Communicate with project leads, production managers and other software developers. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Social Finance offices in San Francisco, CA.

Requirements: Seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements: 

48 months of experience in: programming experience utilizing a modern technology stack using ReAct, graphQL, springboot, Airflow, Zookeeper, Terraform, Kafka and Flink. 

48 months of experience in: Java, Kotlin, Python and JavaScript in-memory data structures, SQL and NoSQL database design. 

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) or microservice based application environment using Docker, Kubernetes and AWS Fargate. 

 AI terminologies, including Large Language Models (LLM) usage in agent development using AWS Bedrocks and Spring AI. 

 modern CI-CD and collaborative coding environments, including using Git for version control, code reviews, and terraform, AWS CDK for continuous development 

sophisticated testing systems for distributed systems at scale using JUnit. 

Operational excellence practices and using monitoring tools, including DataDog or AWS Cloudwatch. 

driving digital transformation initiatives through large-scale service migrations and tech stack modernization using feature gating mechanisms like Optimizely. 

Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from Social Finance offices in San Francisco, CA.

Salary: $221,187.00 - $243,305.00 per year. 

Submit resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email to: Req.# 1014.513.7  at: ATTN: HR, jobadverts@sofi.org.

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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.

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