Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Banking Core

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Who we are:
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Together with our members, we're changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We're a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of 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
We are seeking a Senior Manager to join the SoFi Money team. You'll work in a highly collaborative environment, engaging closely with cross-functional Product, Design, and Engineering teams. You'll also be involved in the entire product lifecycle-from ideation through deployment, with continuous improvement at every stage.
In this role, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our banking products and services. We are focused on evolving our banking core, refining business logic related to payments, and entitlements, and providing an exceptional end-to-end user experience. This position involves building and maturing member-facing banking services to support new and existing products. Specifically, you will be leading the banking core transformation for SoFi pioneering the migration of a legacy banking platform to a next-gen core. You will have the opportunity to scale people, processes, and technology as part of this migration and deliver on SoFi's mission to be a leader in the fintech space and banking domain.
At SoFi, you'll become part of a new kind of finance company whose ambition is to help our members achieve financial independence and reach their goals. We aim to be at the center of our members' financial lives, and to help every member get their money right. We created student loan refinancing, addressing the biggest financial challenge of a new generation through a modern approach to lending and personal finance. Next we expanded our products and services across loans, wealth management, and insurance. SoFi has achieved significant growth, with ambitious plans ahead, but to continue this growth we need great talent. And that starts with you.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead Profile banking core team through the full development life cycle
• Collaborate with frontend and other backend teams to lead banking core transformation projects
• Challenge the status quo, embrace and foster innovation,
• Disrupt the industry by building the baking platform of the future
• Grow the team - understand what your team needs, define how to find and assess candidates
• Define the growth plan for individuals on your team
• Hold the team accountable for delivery
• Shape and support the team culture with an emphasis on continual improvement, learning, and fun
• Generate ideas for new initiatives
• Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, deliverables, and goals.

Requirements

• BS Degree or equivalent from a fully accredited college or university preferred.
• As a bonus, in a technical field
• 5+ years of Profile banking core application and or Profile database experience
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, mission-critical systems
• 5+ years of experience with the banking domain and systems and exposure to highly regulated environments
• 4+ years of experience managing teams
• Experience hiring, training, motivating, monitoring, and coaching team members
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
• Strong sense of responsibility; driving initiatives from inception to completion
• Ability to hold others accountable
• Experience with Agile SDLC methodologies
• A desire to learn

Nice to haves

• Experience in banking core migration projects.
• Experience building systems in the Fintech space
• Experience with high volume, low latency, scalable systems

Compensation and Benefits
The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location.
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!
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