Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Student Loans

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. **High Preference will be given to those located in Cottonwood Heights, UT**About the Team: Our team is strategically positioned to empower college students at all stages of their academic career by providing essential private student loan solutions. You will be at the heart of our technology efforts. You will implement and test product hypotheses through new functionality, resolve bugs, maintain the health of our codebase, improve our technical capabilities, and continuously grow as an engineer. You will work closely with product, design, marketing, pricing, data science, and risk analytics to deliver solutions that position us as market leaders in decision-making and speed.  The Role: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Private Student Loans team. In this role, you will help build cutting-edge technology systems that support our lending business. You will collaborate with a team of engineers empowered to make technical decisions that directly impact the success of the business and our SoFi members. What You’ll Do: Utilize object-oriented programming languages to build performant and scalable backend applications within a cloud-based microservice architecture. Own and develop technical solutions for new product requirements. Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment. Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies. Drive operational excellence in our business processes to enhance service quality. Collaborate with business stakeholders, product management, operations, and peer technical teams to deliver impactful products. Work with our core technology stack: React / Java / Kotlin / Microservices / Spring Boot / AWS / PostgreSQL  What You’ll Need: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field. 5+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern microservice stack. Strong experience with modern Java frameworks, GraphQL, REST APIs, and relational databases. Expertise in React.js and modern front end frameworks Strong sense of accountability, code quality and testing, and ownership; capable of driving a project from inception to completion Willingness to mentor and collaborate with others. Experience working in a team coding environment, refining designs together, iterating on ideas, participating in code reviews, and managing requests. Passionate about broadening your technical skill set, experimenting with new ideas, and teaching others. Effective communication skills. Desire to grow, learn, and collaborate with a team of engineers.  Nice to Have: Experience with Typescript, NextJs, CSS, XState, StyleX, Kafka, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, cloud infrastructure, Terraform, and CI/CD. Experience with Production monitoring tools such as DataDog, Kibana, Splunk Fintech, finance, or lending industry experience. Experience with safe deployment practices. 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 Pay range: $128,000.00 - $240,000.00Payment frequency: AnnualThis role is also eligible for a bonus, long term incentives and competitive benefits. More information about our employee benefits can be found in the link above.