Staff Software Engineer, SoFi
Money Movement
$153.6-264k
+ Eligible for a bonus and long term incentives
Mobile & online personal finance services
Job no longer available
Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$153.6-264k
+ Eligible for a bonus and long term incentives
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience
- 8+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
- Our core stack is Kotlin / Spring / Elixir / PostgreSQL, but you don't have to be an expert in any of these. 6+ years programming experience in similar technologies and an understanding of relational databases and ORMs suffices
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
- Strong sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
- Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture
- Experience working in a collaborative coding environment (and git specifically), refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
What the job involves
- At SoFi and Galileo, we aren't just building a bank; we are building the "AWS of Fintech." We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a primary architect and force multiplier for our Money Movement team. This isn't a "maintenance" role—you will be at the epicenter of a massive product architecture transformation
- You will evolve our banking core, design sophisticated account structures (including high-yield products like CDs), and engineer the resilient, "bulletproof" money movement rails that millions of members rely on. This is a high-visibility role where you will lead through a "unified campaign" lens, managing deep technical interdependencies across a world-class ecosystem
- Galileo Financial Technologies plays a key role in supporting that mission for SoFi, providing key payment processing and technology support for a variety of SoFi offerings, including buy now, pay later and conversational AI-based customer engagement. And with the companies operating under the same corporate umbrella since SoFi acquired Galileo in 2020, the opportunity for additional integrations has skyrocketed
- Lead the development and testing of system components/services, code and design reviews
- Work closely with product and business stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions that align with technical considerations and project timelines
- Shape and influence the architecture of our product
- Deliver 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, product managers and other software developers
Our take
SoFi started by offering ways for students to secure better financial terms on their loans, and now offers a huge range of personal finance products, including bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investment advice, and investment opportunities. Many customers find they have to go to multiple financial service providers to meet all their finance needs, but SoFi overcomes this issue by putting it all in one place.
Its goal, to cover all the financial bases, sets it apart from many of the traditional banks and even some of their digital competitors, such as Avant, which has chosen to focus on providing credit alternatives. Although it is operating in a competitive market with a lot of big players such as Monzo, Revolut, and Starling, the company has managed to raise huge amounts of funding to support its rapid expansion.
SoFi has focussed on global expansion, moving outside the US, and has made a series of acquisitions to support this - including a Hong Kong-based investment app called 8 Securities. After going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC merger in June 2021, the company has continued to evolve and release more mission-oriented services into its roster, and strengthened its lending capabilities through a $350 million post-IPO loan. To date, the company has sold over $15 billion in personal loan collateral and continues to strengthen its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$369.9m
LATE VC
May 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Flexible time off
- Fertility and family planning options
- Free financial classes
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anthony Noto
(CEO)Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy after being a telecommunications officer and captain in the U.S. Army. Has worked as Head of Gobal Telecommunications, Media and Technology at Goldman Sachs, been the COO of Twitter, and also the CFO of the National Football League.
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