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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 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 highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Test Platform team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to directly impact the design and architecture of our Developer Platform and tooling that enables SoFi engineers to create and deliver high-quality solutions. You will collaborate and partner with a curious team of engineers to design and deliver solutions that raise the testing and reliability standards for our backend and web applications. This new team will be focused on building a green field project to enable autonomous testing for our AI driven SDLC, leveraging cutting edge technologies to deliver a highly resilient and thorough platform. If you are a seasoned Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building products that just work and enabling developers to build reliable services, and a strong background in distributed systems, we invite you to apply for this exciting and new opportunity.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide technical leadership for initiatives in Testing and Reliability, with a focus on integrating AI-driven automation and autonomous testing practices.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to understand requirements and design platform capabilities that are efficient, robust, and developer-friendly.
- Architect and implement solutions that accelerate integration, load, performance, and chaos testing—including the use of AI for automated test generation, selection, and failure analysis.
- Deliver software that enables seamless testing and operation of backend systems in cloud-native, containerized, and CI/CD environments, supporting shift-left and continuous delivery.
- Research, prototype, and productionize AI/ML tools to enhance developer productivity, test coverage, and test maturity.
- Lead code reviews, refactoring, and provide constructive feedback to team members, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
- Champion best practices for code health, test automation, environment stability, and software maintainability, contributing to the evolution of autonomous testing at SoFi.
What You’ll Need:
- Experience - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Experience developing in a cloud environment (AWS), using containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), cloud-native technologies and service meshes (e.g., Istio, Envoy).
- Design - Strong understanding of software design principles, and distributed systems architecture.
- Coding Skills - Proven programming skills (Java, Kotlin, Python, Go) in developing enterprise scale systems.
- Expertise - Expertise in automated testing strategies, testing in production, test tenancy, API mocking, traffic capture, routing and playback technologies.
- Problem Solving - Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically about the Testing and Reliability domains.
- Project Ownership - Ability to manage and deliver projects from scoping through launch.
- Communication - Effective communication and collaboration, and proven skills to operate effectively in a cross-functional team.
Nice to haves:
- Experience with load testing (e.g., Locust, Artillery), E2E testing (e.g., Cypress), failure injection and chaos testing (Gremlin, AWS FIS) technologies.
- Experience with monitoring and logging (e.g. Datadog, Elastic, Splunk).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Argo, GitLab CI/CD).
- Experience with security and compliance requirements in cloud environments.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- 8+ years of software development experience
- Experience developing in AWS and using Docker, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and service meshes such as Istio or Envoy
- Strong understanding of software design principles and distributed systems architecture
- Proven programming skills in Java, Kotlin, Python, or Go for enterprise-scale systems
- Expertise in automated testing strategies, testing in production, test tenancy, API mocking, traffic capture, routing, and playback technologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strategic thinking about testing and reliability
- Ability to manage and deliver projects from scoping through launch
- Effective communication, collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork skills
- Experience with load testing tools such as Locust or Artillery
- Experience with end-to-end testing tools such as Cypress
- Experience with failure injection and chaos testing tools such as Gremlin or AWS FIS
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, Elastic, or Splunk
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Argo or GitLab CI/CD
- Experience with security and compliance requirements in cloud environments
What the Team is Saying
SoFi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, company‑paid life and disability, EAP, and mental‑health coaching/therapy, along with wellness and gym programs. Some plans include employer HSA contributions and even 100% premium coverage in certain cases, underscoring robust day‑to‑day support.
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Parental & Family Support — Programs include up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, fertility and adoption resources, and subsidized backup child and elder care. Additional offerings such as pet insurance round out a family‑friendly package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible vacation for exempt staff, generous PTO/sick time for non‑exempt employees, paid holidays, bereavement, jury duty, disability leaves, and early‑release “SoFi Fridays.” This breadth creates multiple avenues to step away and recharge across different employee groups.
SoFi Insights
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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