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.

Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our team. We are working hard to design a future looking framework, with aims to scale our customer base, continue to delight existing customers, and disrupt the Credit Card industry - bringing more unique and personalized benefits to our customers. We are constantly building more resiliency around the SoFi Credit Card in order to ensure the trust and safety of our members, and operational excellence of our services.

The ideal candidate is a technical and innovative individual contributor who can help guide the overall vision of their team as well as the broader Credit Card organization. We are looking for engineers who can bring fresh perspectives, thought leadership, vision and help us scale for the future. Those with a high sense of ownership, empathy, and disruption will thrive in our team, especially those who inspire others to bring their best to our mission. At SoFi, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation, implementation, deployment, continued improvement and evolution.

What you’ll do:

Participate in shaping the technical architecture & design of the Credit Card product
Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
Communicate and collaborate with product and design
Working within and across teams to resolve technical conflicts and achieve consensus
Lead the development and testing of our systems and services
Ensure that our codebase remains easy to change and is always shippable

What you’ll need:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
8+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
Our core stack is React / Java / Play / Spring / PostgreSQL, but you don't have to be an expert in any of these.
4+ years Java, Kotlin or Scala programming experience
Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
Understanding of relational databases and ORMs
Experience working in a collaborative coding environment (and git specifically), refining designs together, writing tests, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
Agile-based project development in a microservices environment.
Willingness to collaborate with others to get stuff done
Willingness to grow your leadership skills

Nice to have:

Experience working on cloud services specifically AWS
Interest in personal finance
Experience building data models and pipelines
Experience working in highly regulated environments
Machine Learning and automated decision experience
Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
GraphQL experience
Good understanding of SOLID practices

*Due to the temporary nature of the engagement, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.*

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 embracing diversity. 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 [email protected].

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.

Staff Software Engineer, Credit Card (Contract)