Staff Software Engineer, SoFi
Experimentation
$153.6-264k
+ Bonus
Mobile & online personal finance services
Open for applications
Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$153.6-264k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering with data background, forward-thinking and hands-on experience with experimentation platform and cloud computing (AWS) skills, has a strong sense of ownership, is a self-starter, drives for delivery, approaches complex questions with data & curiosity, dives below the surface to identify the root cause, and is a good mentor and co-worker
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an allied technical discipline
- A minimum of 5 years in a pivotal Software/Data Engineering role, with deep exposure to modern data stacks, particularly Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, Kafka, docker/k8s and AWS data services
- Expertise in establishing Experimentation Platform, setting best practices and driving the adoption in a collaborative manner
- Experience establishing or working on A/B testing, experimentation, feature rollout, and dynamic configuration
- Strong understanding of data ingestion, Orchestration, transformation and reverse ETL best practices and design principles
- Proven skills in distributed systems architecture and building scalable solutions
- Mastery in Python, Java and SQL for complex operations within Snowflake, and AWS services like DMS, MSK (Kafka) and S3
- Solid experience on Terraform or Cloudformation as IaC solutions
- Demonstrable problem-solving capabilities, especially within the context of the modern data stack and experimentation realm
- Exceptional technical communication skills, adept at liaising with both technical peers and diverse stakeholders within a data-driven organization
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team of developers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support
Desirable
- Implementation experience of any experimentation SaaS tools in the industry
- Profound hands-on experience with Snowflake's data warehousing solutions, the orchestration capabilities of Airflow and transformations using dbt
- Experienced with finance / fintech or enthusiastic to learn and grow in this space
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Experimentation Platform team at SoFi
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you will work alongside our experienced team of Data Scientists, Engineers and Product Managers to develop and maintain our cutting-edge experimentation platform
- This is a high impact role where your contributions will not only improve the experimentation lifecycle, culture for teams at SoFi but also enhance the overall product experience for our users
- You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting mission-critical systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand experimentation requirements and design scalable solutions
- Lead architectural design sessions for the Experimentation Platform including various integrations ( APIs, services), emphasizing solutions that seamlessly integrate Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, AWS data services and SaaS solutions
- Drive the development of advanced features within the Experimentation platform, ensuring modular, efficient, and scalable code structures optimized for the aforementioned stack
- Demonstrated ability to integrate front-end and/or backend systems efficiently
- Spearhead rigorous code review processes, underscoring best practices, efficiency, and optimal use of underlying software components unique capabilities and services
- Foster and facilitate internal technical sessions, exploring nuances of AWS data services like DMS, MSK (Kafka) , and S3, and sharing best practices for integration with the broader data stack
- Stay at the forefront of advancements in experimentation and data methodologies, particularly as they pertain to Snowflake, and other modern tools
- Engineer sophisticated data pipelines using dbt, Airflow, and Snowflake, with special emphasis on performance optimization and data integrity using Great Expectations
- Leverage Python and SQL scripting proficiencies for intricate data operations, custom ETL/ELT processes, and sophisticated data transformations across the platform
- Mentor technical team members in best practices for Experimentation Platform, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, and AWS services, promoting a culture of technical distinction and innovation
Our take
SoFi started by offering ways for students to secure better financial terms on their loans, and now offers a huge range of personal finance products, including bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investment advice, and investment opportunities. Many customers find they have to go to multiple financial service providers to meet all their finance needs, but SoFi overcomes this issue by putting it all in one place.
Its goal, to cover all the financial bases, sets them apart from many of the traditional banks and even some of their digital competitors, such as Avant, which has chosen to focus on providing credit alternatives. Although it is operating in a competitive market with a lot of big players such as Monzo, Revolut, and Starling, the company has managed to raise huge amounts of funding to support its rapid expansion.
SoFi has focussed on global expansion, moving outside the US, and has made a series of acquisitions to support this - including a Hong Kong-based investment app called 8 Securities. After going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC merger in June 2021, the company has continued to evolve and release more mission-oriented services into its roster, and strengthened its lending capabilities through a $350 million post-IPO loan. To date, the company has sold over $15 billion in personal loan collateral and continues to strengthen its offering.
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back within 2 weeks
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$369.9m
LATE VC
May 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Flexible time off
- Fertility and family planning options
- Free financial classes
Company values
- Put our member's interests first – if we take care of our members' interests, it will best serve our interests.
- Run after problems – we must build a culture of people who run after problems in order to ensure we execute with excellence and “things” do not fall through the cracks.
- Embrace diversity, everyone should feel welcome, included and able to contribute – diversity is a differentiator and our team should reflect society. We should continue to encourage and celebrate diversity.
- Get to the truth and make principle-based decisions – we can only make the best decisions if we have the right data, all of the perspectives, and if we align on the guiding principles.
- Make your footprint bigger than your foot – selfless acts are critical to elevate beyond the impact of our collective individual efforts.
- Do the right thing, if you're not sure, do the harder thing – our business is built on trust and integrity, which requires both adhering to the letter of the law and regulations and doing the right thing for the company and our members..
- Set ambitious goals, be gritty, be accountable - we must hold ourselves and others accountable for delivering our business objectives, for our culture, and for our member.
- Take care of other people and help them grow - our people are our greatest differentiator, if we take care of our people, they will take care of our members.
- Iterate, learn, innovate - we are all responsible for innovation and we must embrace data-driven decisions.
- Be SoFi missionaries - our products, our services, our brand, and our business must be durable over the long term to achieve our mission—be a missionary.
- Don’t forget to smile - our ambition is contagious: it makes us smile to see people inside and outside of SoFi succeed.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Anthony Noto
(CEO)Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy after being a telecommunications officer and captain in the U.S. Army. Has worked as Head of Gobal Telecommunications, Media and Technology at Goldman Sachs, been the COO of Twitter, and also the CFO of the National Football League.
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