SoFi
Overview
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Invest at SoFi This range is provided by SoFi. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Compensation
Base pay range: $172,800.00/yr - $297,000.00/yr Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for our trading infrastructure, focusing on reliability, scale, and future extensibility. Lead critical architectural efforts, including system redesigns, platform migrations, and service decomposition for trading flows and market connectivity. Contribute high-quality code and set the bar for software design, performance, and operational excellence. Design and deliver highly available, low-latency backend services that support order management, routing, settlement, and real-time trading constraints. Identify and remediate systemic bottlenecks, architecture weaknesses, and scaling limitations. Ensure robust observability and operational readiness across services, championing standards in logging, monitoring, and alerting. Own complex incident resolution and guide teams on root-cause analysis. Act as a technical mentor and sounding board for engineers at all levels; lead by example in design reviews and technical decision-making. Champion engineering best practices, system design maturity, and operational excellence across the Invest group. Foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement. Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Compliance partners to translate business requirements into reliable, auditable systems. Collaborate with peer engineers across SoFi to align platform capabilities and infrastructure patterns. Lead technical working groups and influence roadmaps that span multiple teams. Qualifications
Experience & Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 8+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or equivalent staff/principal engineering role. Technical Expertise Proficiency in JVM-based languages (Java or Kotlin preferred); familiarity with Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks. Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems principles. Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and modern CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with cloud-native tooling, containerization, and infrastructure as code (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.). Leadership & Collaboration Demonstrated ability to drive large-scale cross-functional initiatives, collaborate effectively with stakeholders, and balance business priorities with technical constraints. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives, product managers, and junior engineers. Nice to Have
Experience with trading protocols (e.g., FIX), clearing systems, or market data feeds. Familiarity with latency-sensitive or real-time financial systems. Prior work in a high-growth fintech or exchange environment. Why You’ll Love Working Here
Work on real-time systems that directly power SoFi’s investment products and touch millions of members. Collaborate with smart, kind engineers who take pride in high-quality systems and care about the impact of their work. Shape the next generation of SoFi’s trading platform—and help our members get their money right. Work for a values-driven company that believes our people are our greatest differentiator. Benefits & Equal Opportunity
SoFi provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights. SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture and offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the application process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. We do not accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska due to insurance coverage issues. Internal Employees: If you are a current employee, please apply via the Internal Job Board in Greenhouse.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Invest at SoFi This range is provided by SoFi. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Compensation
Base pay range: $172,800.00/yr - $297,000.00/yr Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for our trading infrastructure, focusing on reliability, scale, and future extensibility. Lead critical architectural efforts, including system redesigns, platform migrations, and service decomposition for trading flows and market connectivity. Contribute high-quality code and set the bar for software design, performance, and operational excellence. Design and deliver highly available, low-latency backend services that support order management, routing, settlement, and real-time trading constraints. Identify and remediate systemic bottlenecks, architecture weaknesses, and scaling limitations. Ensure robust observability and operational readiness across services, championing standards in logging, monitoring, and alerting. Own complex incident resolution and guide teams on root-cause analysis. Act as a technical mentor and sounding board for engineers at all levels; lead by example in design reviews and technical decision-making. Champion engineering best practices, system design maturity, and operational excellence across the Invest group. Foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement. Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Compliance partners to translate business requirements into reliable, auditable systems. Collaborate with peer engineers across SoFi to align platform capabilities and infrastructure patterns. Lead technical working groups and influence roadmaps that span multiple teams. Qualifications
Experience & Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 8+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or equivalent staff/principal engineering role. Technical Expertise Proficiency in JVM-based languages (Java or Kotlin preferred); familiarity with Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks. Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems principles. Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and modern CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with cloud-native tooling, containerization, and infrastructure as code (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.). Leadership & Collaboration Demonstrated ability to drive large-scale cross-functional initiatives, collaborate effectively with stakeholders, and balance business priorities with technical constraints. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives, product managers, and junior engineers. Nice to Have
Experience with trading protocols (e.g., FIX), clearing systems, or market data feeds. Familiarity with latency-sensitive or real-time financial systems. Prior work in a high-growth fintech or exchange environment. Why You’ll Love Working Here
Work on real-time systems that directly power SoFi’s investment products and touch millions of members. Collaborate with smart, kind engineers who take pride in high-quality systems and care about the impact of their work. Shape the next generation of SoFi’s trading platform—and help our members get their money right. Work for a values-driven company that believes our people are our greatest differentiator. Benefits & Equal Opportunity
SoFi provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights. SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture and offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the application process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. We do not accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska due to insurance coverage issues. Internal Employees: If you are a current employee, please apply via the Internal Job Board in Greenhouse.
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