Staff Software Engineer, Servicing Platform

The Role

Join us in revolutionizing the lending landscape. SoFi is seeking enthusiastic Staff Software Engineers who are ready to lead the design and implementation of key capabilities of the next generation of our financial services platform in support of our goals that put our members in control of their financial destiny.  In this role, you will:

• Lead design and implementation across multiple system domains, and define the architectural direction and evolutionary strategy for critical subsystems.
• Resolve problems with competing constraints and significant ambiguity, and contribute as a subject-matter expert across platform systems.
• Drive alignment across teams to resolve technical and organizational conflicts, and align technology decisions with company strategy and risk.
• Raise the engineering maturity of the organization through code and design reviews, mentorship of junior engineers, and consistent enforcement of quality, reliability, and security standards.
• Participate as a key contributor in recruiting and team-building.

What You'll Do

As an established technical leader within our team, you will focus on designing and implementing the backend services for our next-generation Lending Platform. This role involves full product lifecycle engagement, from initial concept to production deployment. Your responsibilities include creating durable designs, strong individual contributions in implementing new capabilities, and leading by example to improve engineering excellence and efficiency across the team. Success in the role will require close technical collaboration with Product, Marketing, Operations, Business, Legal, and Compliance teams. You will be a key stakeholder in those partnerships, responsible for driving alignment and delivering technical solutions that provide outstanding value to our members.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or Software Engineering
• 5+ years as a professional, full-time Software Engineer, or similar relevant work experience.
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Proficient coding in Java, Kotlin, or other similar object-oriented programming language.
• Experience with public cloud compute, storage, and infrastructure.
• Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
• Deep understanding of relational and document database fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of fundamental distributed systems concepts.
• Deep understanding of microservices design principles and architecture.
• Experience with performance tuning and optimizing data access patterns.
• Proficient working with GIT and related CI/CD systems.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Ability to produce clear and meaningful design and operational documentation artifacts.
• Experience utilizing AI tools (such as Claude) efficiently.

Nice To Have

• Experience scaling highly-available, mission-critical systems.
• Full-stack engineering experience, or willingness to expand your influence across our entire platform.

We're driven to push boundaries and deliver exceptional products to help our members achieve financial stability. If you have the passion and a commitment to customer success, we want to hear from you.