Software Engineer

Who we are

SoFi is a digital personal finance company whose mission is to help its members achieve financial independence to realize their ambitions, whether that be to buy a house one day, start a family on their own terms or be debt free. We aim to be at the center of our members' financial lives, and to help every member Get Their Money Right. By joining SoFi, you'll become part of a forward-thinking company that is transforming financial services by embracing technology to build innovative loan products, investment tools, and more. One of the fastest growing fintech companies, we've grown from 250 employees in 2015 to over 1,500 employees today, and are well on our way to reaching 1 million members. With offices across the US, we offer the excitement of a rapidly growing startup with the stability of a seasoned management team and some of the best talent around. As an employer, we strive to hire employees who are committed to both our company's mission and our desire to build the best culture in the world. If you are driven, passionate about what you do, and excited about the SoFi mission, we would love to hear from you.

The role

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Relay engineering team at SoFi, where we are designing for the future of personal finance. Our mission is to help our members find their path to financial independence by providing them with the tools, resources, and guidance they need to get there. We're building a free app for anyone who wants to feel more empowered and proactive about their money, whether they want to keep tabs on their spending, track their goals for the future, or work toward paying off their debts.

The ideal candidate is collaborative, product-minded, and pragmatic, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for the quality of both the code and finished product. 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. We also pride ourselves on a philosophy of continuous learning, and you should likewise be committed to furthering your own career growth as well as to providing mentorship for your fellow team members.

What you'll do:

• Delivering resilient and scalable code

• Owning and ideating on technical solutions for product requirements and user stories with minimal supervision

• Participating in code and design reviews

• Generating ideas for new initiatives and technologies

• Communicating engineering concepts and efforts with outside stakeholders in product marketing, operations, business, legal, and compliance

• Working in a fast-moving, highly-collaborative environment across multiple offices

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

• 1 year programming experience, ideally on a modern stack. Internships and relevant school experience will be considered

• Our core stack is Java/ Kotlin/ Spring / PostgreSQL/ React. Familiarity with any OOP language and an understanding of relational databases is a great start

• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests

• Agile Development Experience

• API Design experience

• 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

Nice to have:

• Experience with microservice architecture

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)

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.

SoFi does not seek salary history information from job applicants