Senior Software Engineering Manager, Home Loans

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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 fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our 2+ million 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

Our team at SoFi is looking for a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to join our Lending Division. You'll help engineer multiple platforms that enable our core lending products and services. You will lead the development efforts and collaborate with a group of talented software engineers. Each team is empowered to make technical decisions. You will collaborate with business and product leadership and solve a wide range of challenges. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation, coding, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting mission-critical systems. You will work with the engineers on your team to help them grow their careers along the way, as well as helping mold and grow the junior engineers on your team.

What You'll Do

• Architecting, designing, and delivering scalable highly-available services and/or creating responsive, performant, and maintainable java apps
• Identifying, architecting, and owning technical solutions for product requirements and user stories
• Participating heavily in code and design reviews
• Collaborating and representing engineering with outside stakeholders in product marketing, operations, business, legal, and compliance
• Working in a fast-moving, highly-collaborative environment across multiple offices
• Mentoring more junior members of the team and helping foster a learning environment within the team
• Generating ideas for new initiatives and technologies
• Becoming domain experts within the Communications domain.
  

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 2+ years of management experience leading 5 or more software engineers.
• 5+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern stack.
• Our core stack is Java / Spring / PostgreSQL. Expertise with any modern Java frameworks, REST APIs, and relational databases.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others, and get stuff done
• Strong sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
• Affinity for solving problems and diving deep into the details
• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies as well as software testing: unit, integration, and end-to-end
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  

Nice To Have

• Full-stack engineering experience, or willingness to expand your skills across our entire stack
• Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD
• Experience with Marketing tools such as Braze or Redpoint
• Fintech/finance experience
  

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Competitive salary packages and bonuses
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
• Generous vacation and holidays
• Paid parental leave for eligible employees
• 401(k) and education on retirement planning
• Tuition reimbursement on approved programs
• 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
• Employer paid lunch program (except for remote employees)
• Fully stocked kitchen (snacks and drinks)
• These benefits are only applicable to full time employees
  

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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