Senior Back-End Software Engineer - Insurance Platform

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Back-End Software Engineer to join our Protect team at SoFi. This remote Senior Back-End Software Engineer role offers the unique opportunity to shape the future of our next-generation Insurance platform. You will be instrumental in setting the technical direction for a growing and critical business function within SoFi, where the overall architecture is still relatively greenfield and the business impact is significant.

What You'll Do

• Lead the development and testing of our systems and services as a Senior Back-End Software Engineer.
• Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product.
• Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions.
• Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment.
• Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team.
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
• Communicate effectively with project leads, product managers, and other software developers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years programming experience, ideally on a modern stack. Our core stack includes Java, Kotlin, Spring, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes in a service-oriented architecture.
• 3+ years of experience in Java, Kotlin, or other object-oriented programming languages.
• A solid understanding of relational databases and ORMs.
• Experience working on microservice-based applications.
• Familiarity with GIT and CI/CD systems.
• Effective communication skills and a willingness to collaborate.
• Solid sense of responsibility; capable of driving a project from inception to completion.
• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, and managing pull requests.

Nice To Have

• Experience scaling highly available, mission-critical systems.
• Full-stack experience, either toward systems (Kafka, Temporal, Docker), databases (DynamoDB), or front-end (JavaScript/TypeScript, React).
• Familiarity with the insurance industry and its specific regulatory requirements.
• Experience incorporating LLMs into user flows.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $128,000 to $240,000 per year.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and more.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Flexible remote work options.
• A collaborative and inclusive company culture.

Join us as a Senior Back-End Software Engineer and be part of a team that is transforming the financial services industry. Apply now to help us build a state-of-the-art insurance platform that will have a lasting impact on our members' lives.