Principal Software Engineer @ SoFi

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.

The role

We are looking for a seasoned Principal Software Engineer with a natural inclination to elegantly solve problems. As the Leader of our mobile engineering team, you will have the opportunity to directly improve the experience of our expanding mobile customer base and play a lead role in enabling mobile developers at SoFi with great tooling and systems. You will get the chance to take on complex and interesting problems as part of a fast-paced, highly collaborative team. The ideal candidate will be a mentor and a team player who is hands-on and comfortable driving solutions from initial architecture 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.

What you’ll do:

Technical development, debugging, and delivery of best-in-class mobile application
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
Continuously improve the applications - find and fix bugs while improving application performance
Discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
Implement upgrades, rebuilds, feature flagging, and generally keep CI/CD pipelines in good health.
Juggle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously in a results-oriented environment
Evaluate opportunities to bring new features to mobile users from a technical perspective
Create technical requirements documentation based on Product Requirements
Build strong working relationships with coworkers and cross-organizational teams

What you’ll need:

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in a technical field
10+ years mobile development experience with iOS, Android, or Flutter development platforms
Sound programming fundamentals: experience working with memory management, multi-threaded programming, and animations.
Experience in designing and using backend APIs for driving mobile app features
Experience working with Agile development processes.
Experience with maintaining CI/CD pipelines and test-automation.
Experience with app architectural patterns, Dependency Management, App coordination and navigation.
Very strong interpersonal skills - must be able to demonstrate an ability to work well with other non-technical members of the team.

Nice to have:

Familiarity with hybrid app development and Flutter.
Experience with observability tools like DataDog and New Relic
Worked with trading and/or exchange systems.

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 Rights

SoFi 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.

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 Rights

Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

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