Senior Staff Data Engineer, SoFi
$163.2-280.5k
This role is also eligible for a bonus, and long term incentives
Mobile & online personal finance services
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Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$163.2-280.5k
This role is also 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
- The ideal candidate will be a mentor, technical leader and a team player who is hands-on and comfortable driving solutions from initial architecture to implementation and adoption with a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery
- Education: A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience: Over 12 years of experience in data engineering and analytics, with at least 4 years in a staff-level or higher capacity. A proven track record of successfully leading enterprise-wide data modernization efforts
- Tech Stack Mastery: Mastery of the modern data stack: Snowflake / Python / SQL / GitLab / AWS / Airflow/ AI tools like Claude code/Cursor. Understanding and implementation experience of AI agents is a plus
- Cloud Architecture: Expert-level proficiency in relational and cloud database platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, or GCP) and distributed processing frameworks (Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka)
- Strategic Thinking: Thorough knowledge and passion for data modeling (Kimball/Data Vault), database design, and data architecture principles. Ability to simplify complex, ambiguous issues into actionable technical plans
- Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and senior management
- Domain Knowledge: Deep experience in a highly regulated and governed sector; experience in the Fintech industry is highly advantageous
What the job involves
- SoFi is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Staff Data Engineer to be the technical leader of our Data Engineering group within the SoFi Data Platform(SDP) division
- The mission of the SDP division is to activate data throughout SoFi, enabling the creation of personalized and delightful experiences for our members
- In this role, you will have the opportunity to directly impact, influence and lead the direction and architecture of our next gen AI powered SoFi Data Platform(SDP), and elevate data reliability through AI enabled workflows, tooling and practices
- You will get the chance to lead, define, and take on complex and interesting problems as part of a fast-paced, highly collaborative organization
- Technical Leadership & Strategy: As a technical leader, you will be at the heart of SoFi’s data platform providing primary technical authority and strategic guidance to the data engineering group
- Architectural Excellence: Lead the architecture and delivery of large-scale, high-performance data pipelines and processing frameworks. Design scalable data models that support analytics, AI/ML and real-time data needs
- Platform Innovation: Drive the adoption of cloud-native technologies, automation frameworks and reusable components that improve development velocity and system reliability across SDP
- System Optimization: Drive org-wide initiatives to improve data reliability, cost-efficiency, and latency. Design solutions that scale horizontally and vertically to handle ever-growing datasets
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders, product and engineering leads to align the data roadmap with SoFi’s business objectives
- Governance & Security: Lead the implementation of sophisticated data privacy, security, and compliance frameworks. Enforce data governance policies and practices to maintain data integrity in a highly regulated environment
- Mentorship: Provide deep technical coaching and mentorship to Staff and Senior data engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, rigorous testing, and engineering excellence
- Workforce Development: Contribute to hiring and training efforts to build a skilled and motivated data engineering workforce. Lead the interview process for senior-level talent and design onboarding programs that accelerate engineering productivity
- On-Call Support: Be part of an on-call support rotation to support the critical production systems
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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