SoFi · 9 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$128K/yr - $240K/yr
3+ years expSoFi is a next-generation financial services company and national bank focused on transforming personal finance through innovative technology. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their SAFE team, responsible for building decisioning and event detection platforms to reduce fraud and ensure compliance across SoFi products. The role involves full SDLC responsibilities, including back-end development, architecture discussions, testing, and mentorship.
LendingFinanceFinTechPaymentsCreditCredit CardsFinancial ServicesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Full SDLC: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, architect, and implement end-to-end solutions that encompass both front-end and back-end components. Utilize your expertise in various programming languages, frameworks, and technologies to deliver high-quality and scalable software applications. Partner with senior leaders in the Anti-Money Laundering function to provide consultancy and translate the business needs to design and develop solutions, techniques, metrics, and dashboards for insights and data visualization
Back-end Development: Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure server-side applications and APIs. Work with databases and data models to manage and store information effectively. Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to support efficient data processing and analysis. Optimize performance and maintain system stability
Architecture and Design: Participate in architecture discussions and provide valuable insights to drive technical decisions. Ensure that software design patterns and best practices are followed throughout the development process
Testing and Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of software components, including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, to ensure the reliability and functionality of the applications
Continuous Improvement: Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in software development. Advocate for process improvements and adopt new tools and technologies to enhance productivity and efficiency
Code Review and Mentorship: Review code contributions from junior developers and provide constructive feedback to promote code quality and maintain coding standards. Act as a mentor and share your knowledge and expertise with team members to foster their growth
Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for developed software, APIs, and processes to ensure comprehensive understanding and knowledge transfer
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science Degree, or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university
3+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
Strong expertise in back-end technologies and programming languages, such as Java, Kotlin, Springboot, Node.js, Python, C#, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and we run on Kubernetes in a service-oriented architecture with over 100 services in production
Knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation
Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, driving a project from inception to completion
Affinity for solving problems and diving deep into the details
Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience working on an SOA or microservice-based application
Preferred
Experience scaling highly available, mission-critical systems
Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing
Front end experience
Company
SoFi
SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.25BKey Investors
Fortress Investment GroupPGIMQatar Investment Authority
2025-12-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2025-07-29Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2025-04-17Post Ipo Debt· $3.2B
Leadership Team
Anthony Noto
CEO
Jeremy Rishel
Chief Technology Officer
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