Staff Full-Stack Engineer Account Creation

The Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Fullstack Engineer to join our Account Creation team at SoFi. The goal of the Account Creation team is to build enablers that support the seamless creation of member accounts at SoFi. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle from ideation through building testing deploying monitoring and supporting mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on 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.

What you’ll do:

• Full Stack Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design architect and implement end-to-end solutions that encompass both front-end and back-end components. Utilize your expertise in various programming languages frameworks and technologies to deliver high-quality and scalable software applications.
• Application Development: Build robust backend services and integrations that power user-facing experiences. Implement efficient secure and maintainable systems ensuring seamless interaction between the application’s layers.
• Architecture and Design: Participate in architecture discussions and provide valuable insights to drive technical decisions. Ensure that software design patterns and best practices are followed throughout the development process.
• Collaboration: Work closely with designers product managers and backend engineers to ensure end-to-end solutions that meet both user and technical needs.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of software components including unit testing integration testing and end-to-end testing to ensure the reliability and functionality of the applications.
• Continuous Improvement: Keep abreast of industry trends best practices and emerging technologies in software development. Advocate for process improvements and adopt new tools and technologies to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Code Review and Mentorship: Review code contributions from junior developers and provide constructive feedback to promote code quality and maintain coding standards. Act as a mentor and share your knowledge and expertise with team members to foster their growth.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for developed software APIs and processes to ensure comprehensive understanding and knowledge transfer.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science Degree or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university
• 6+ years of programming experience ideally on a modern stack.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML CSS JavaScript and modern frameworks like React or Angular.
• Strong expertise in back-end technologies and programming languages such as Node.js Python Java/ Kotlin/ Spring / PostgreSQL and we run on Kubernetes in a service-oriented architecture with over 100 services in production
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves collaborate with others and get stuff done
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership 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
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working on an SOA or microservice-based application.

Nice to have:

• Experience scaling highly available mission-critical systems
• Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing.
• Flutter Development Experience: Experience with Flutter Google's UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications for mobile web and desktop platforms would be a valuable addition.

What We Do

SoFi wasn’t built to be a bank. Or a technology company. We were built for one mission: help people achieve financial independence so they can realize their ambitions. Redefining an entire industry isn’t easy work—and it’s not for the faint of heart. It takes a certain kind of team. People with diverse perspectives and expertise united by a common sense of purpose. People willing to challenge assumptions but always do the right thing. People proving that innovation and responsibility don’t have to compete but can come together to create something truly unconventional in the world. For the last eight years we’ve been charting this new path forward. We call it The SoFi Way. At SoFi we don’t just talk about culture: we live it. The SoFi Way is how we show up every day how we make decisions and how we build for our members clients and each other.

Why Work 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 members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation and we’re at the forefront.

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