Staff Backend Developer, SoFi Money

About the position The Staff Backend Developer at SoFi Money will play a crucial role in transforming the Money product architecture, focusing on enhancing the banking core and implementing new account structures. This position requires collaboration across teams to improve member-facing services and support integrated product offerings. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader, responsible for the full development life-cycle, from project requirements to deployment, while ensuring high-quality code delivery and adherence to best practices. Responsibilities • Full development life-cycle design from project requirement to deployment. , • Work on automation and improvement of data exchanges and data pipelines between internal and external teams. , • Facilitate the definition of project scope, deliverables, and goals. , • Lead cross-functional delivery teams to ensure deliverables are met. , • Track project performance against defined milestones/goals. , • Conduct process improvement projects to increase performance in vital program metrics. , • Communicate ongoing project health with key stakeholders and business leadership. , • Maintain strict compliance with established project management policies and guidelines. , • Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment. , • Make significant contributions to the code base. , • Define best practices and uphold coding standards. , • Consistently demonstrate extremely high levels of technical knowledge, ingenuity, and creativity. , • Develop and apply advanced technologies, engineering principles, theories, and concepts. , • Work within the Engineering team to develop features that specifically benefit our users. , • Deliver high-quality code on schedule, communicate with groups in and outside the development team. Requirements • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university. , • 6+ years of Java programming experience. , • 2+ years of Java, Kotlin, or Scala programming experience. , • Proven understanding of relational databases and ORMs. , • Experience working on a SOA or microservice-based application. , • Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion. , • Experience working in a collaborative coding environment. Nice-to-haves • Good knowledge of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD). , • Knowledge in analytics, metrics, and monitoring integrations. , • Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing. Benefits • Comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Apply Job!