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Senior Software Engineer, Invest at Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi)

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Job Description

We are a next generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile first technology to help millions of members reach their goals. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. SoFi Invest is SoFi's new investment platform that includes our market leading robo advisor, and online brokerage products.

On our team, you will be in the middle of it all - implementing functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs, maintaining the health of our code, and continually growing as an engineer. The ideal candidate is both forward thinking and hands on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co worker. At SoFi, you'll be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the development and testing of system components/services, code and design reviews
  • Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product
  • Help translate user stories into technical solutions
  • 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
Must Have:
  • 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
  • 5+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack
  • An understanding of the core stack: React, Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, and relevant languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
  • 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 (git, reviews, tests, pull requests)
Nice to Have:
  • Worked with trading and/or exchange systems
  • Familiarity with the FIX Protocol
  • Experience with workflow platforms such as Temporal.io or AWS Step Functions
  • Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
  • Trading APIs (either crypto or securities)
  • Experience with Scrum
Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is $128,000.00 - $240,000.00. Payment frequency: Annual. This role is also eligible for a bonus, long term incentives and competitive benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital 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.

SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. 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 .

Typical senior pay: $169k for Software Developers nationally

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$169k
Entry
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$80k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $211k

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Wage leverage
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+16%
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A bachelor's degree is typically expected.
115,200 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
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Labor data: BLS 2024