Software Engineer, Chat

at SoFi

San Francisco, United States

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 Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Chat engineering team at SoFi. This team will play a pivotal role in supporting our members' financial journeys by developing an intelligent, conversational AI-powered chat interface. This system will help streamline support queries from members and provide personalized financial insights and guidance. Chat is a critical component of how members interact with SoFi and building it will require a thoughtful approach to UI and product experience.

You will have a high degree of ownership and be involved in the entire product life cycle. We are looking for someone who can take accountability for both the code and finished product. At SoFi, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution. We also pride ourselves on a philosophy of continuous learning, and you should likewise be committed to furthering your own career growth as well as to providing mentorship for your fellow team members.

What you’ll do:

Development, testing and deployment of software systems
Actively participate in reviews to ensure code quality, efficiency, and adherence to best practices
Execute on well defined technical tasks and user stories with high quality in a timely manner
Help translate product requirements into technical solutions
Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers
Adapt existing practices, processes and frameworks to deliver tasks
Collaborate with peers as well as cross functional teams to coordinate and deliver projects

What you’ll need:

Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience
3+ years programming experience including Full stack experience with React/Typescript and Kotlin/ Java
Our core stack is React / Kotlin / Spring / PostgreSQL, and we run on Kubernetes in a service oriented architecture with over 100 services in production.

You should have 2+ years, Java or Kotlin programming experience
You should have a good understanding of relational databases
You should have 1+ years of experience building React based web applications

Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests

Nice to have:

Experience building LLM based applications
Experience scaling highly available, mission critical 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!

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.

Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

Internal Employees

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