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Who we are:
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
*Hybrid role - in Seattle office 1x per week
The Role:
Do you dream of building the intelligent identity backbone of a modern financial platform? Are you passionate about creating systems that truly understand who customers are and deliver personalized experiences at scale? If so, we want you on our team!
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Digital Identity team. As a key member, you'll help architect and build the systems that answer two fundamental questions for every customer interaction: "Who is this person?" and "What are they entitled to?"You'll work on building our true person identification systems, expanding our customer data model to support complex relationships, and developing intelligent personalization capabilities that power trusted financial experiences across SoFi's ecosystem. The ideal candidate is forward-thinking and hands-on, demonstrates exceptional ownership, is intellectually curious, dives below the surface to identify root causes, and is an outstanding mentor and leader.
The Team You Will Join
The Digital Identity group was formed last year to be the single threaded owner of all customer identity data. We focus on collecting, protecting, and distributing the critical data that enables SoFi to recognize and support customers as they move through digital product experiences. We work with some of our customer's most sensitive data, and we take privacy and security very seriously, moving towards a zero-trust architecture.
What You’ll Do:
- Architect & Build: Drive and contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, secure and efficient entitlement, permission and authorization management systems
- Own your systems: Operate with a high degree of independence and autonomy to solve ambiguous problems, as well as take ownership of your work, from design to deployment, and be a champion for operational excellence
- Collaborate Effectively: Partner with project leads, product managers as well as other software developers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Mentor & Lead: Participate in shaping the long-term architecture and vision for the team. Support the professional development of other team members.
- Wear Multiple Hats: Participate in the entire product lifecycle, implement new functionality, architect new systems, squash bugs, maintain the health and documentation of the code; and continuously grow as an engineer
What You’ll Need:
- 6+ years of experience of working on highly scalable and available systems, as well as delivering quality software and architecture
- Proficiency with Java or Kotlin or any other object oriented programming language
- Strong proficiency in SQL, Spring & Kubernetes
- Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
- Experience leading and mentoring teams, and working on multi-quarter projects
- Knowledge of REST API, design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices.
- Proven track record of working on scaling highly available, mission-critical systems with a SOA architecture
- Growth mindset and a deep passion to improve customer experience
Nice to Have:
- Experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining identity technologies such as FGA, OPA, Zanzibar etc.
- Experience with Snowflake, Datadog as well as infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
What we offer:
- Work in the heart of the FinTech revolution, making a real difference in the financial lives of millions.
- The opportunity to be a founding member of a new squad working on multiple challenging and impactful projects that will shape the future of SoFi.
- A collaborative and supportive work environment where you can learn and grow from talented engineers.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Be part of a company that values innovation and empowers its employees.
If you are excited about building tier-0 foundational services from scratch, we encourage you to apply!
Compensation and Benefits
The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!
SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner 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.New York applicants: Notice of Employee RightsSoFi is committed to embracing diversity. 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 [email protected].Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
Internal Employees
If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.
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What We Do
For over a decade, SoFi has helped transform the Fintech industry by creating financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, and protect their money better, so they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions. Whether it’s owning a home, saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, or helping our members invest - SoFi is there every step of the way. Want to learn more about how it works? Check it out here: https://www.sofi.com/how-it-works/
Our core values are at the center of how we help our millions of members get their money right. They are our guiding principles for how we think about serving our members, building our company, and most importantly, how we work together. At SoFi, it’s not just what we do - but how we do it.
SoFi is also proud to be the naming rights partner of SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams.
For more information, visit SoFi.com
Why Work With Us
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation Fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront.
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