Staff Software Engineer, SoFi

• Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Degree or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university
• 6+ years mobile programming experience in Android or iOS
• Experience as a tech lead/architect for one or many mobile, feature or platform engineering teams
• Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing
• Strong fundamentals in web protocols
• Lead quality improvement in the mobile development at SoFi
• Evangelize and promote better mobile monitoring, logging and diagnosability
• Propose and implement API strategies for frontend/backend communication
• Architect flexible, performant, and reusable UI components that satisfy the requirements of multiple teams
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, deliverables, and goals
• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders and business leadership
• Define best practices and uphold rigorous coding standards
• Demonstrate and maintain deep technical knowledge in Flutter and/or mobile development, as well as broad knowledge about infrastructure and API design
• Mentor other engineers, support SoFi’s technical culture, and help grow the team
• Work and play well with others; SoFi is a collaborative environment

Desirable

• We are looking for a Staff Mobile Engineer on a brand-new international remittance product that will empower members to send instant, low-cost payments across borders using blockchain and next-generation financial technologies. You’ll play a critical role in bringing this vision to life—from concept to scale—designing secure, performant, and compliant systems that redefine the cross-border money movement
• Flutter experience is preferred, but not strictly required. As a member of the Mobile product team, you will be responsible for improving our mobile-first banking experience and helping members get their money right. You will get the chance to take on challenging and interesting mobile features as part of a highly collaborative product team
• You will engage with Design and Product leadership routinely to put together engineering plans and have direct access to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a team-player who is hands-on and comfortable driving solutions from design to final implementation with a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery
• 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 through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution
• Must be able to deliver high-quality code on schedule, communicate with groups in and outside the development team
• Produce well-designed, scalable and reusable code
• Participating in code and design reviews, setting a high bar for the team
• Be able to work effectively across functions and teams to ensure deliverables are met
• Design and build large features (each with many tasks) independently without guidance
• Track project performance against defined milestones/goals
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders
• Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Mentor more junior engineers
• Create and add to existing technical documentation
• Make significant contributions to the code base and drive the roadmap forward