Senior Software Engineer, AML Platform

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Engineer to join our AML, Challenges and Actions (ACE) team at SoFi. The ACE team’s mission is to build and support a suite of AML and Risk platforms and services that ensure compliance across all SoFi products, empowering the company to meet regulatory standards while safeguarding customer trust. 

The team collaborates closely with cross-functional engineering groups and AML and Risk business units to protect SoFi from compliance risks and ensure regulatory alignment. By proactively identifying and managing potential risks, they help reduce regulatory exposure while providing a balanced, risk-aware experience for SoFi Members, fostering long-term trust and confidence.

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you'll be tasked with building critical components and features. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate is someone with a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, a hunger for learning and is a good mentor and co-worker. 

What you’ll do:

• Full SDLC: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, architect, and implement end-to-end solutions that encompass both front-end and back-end components. Utilize your expertise in various programming languages, frameworks, and technologies to deliver high-quality and scalable software applications. Partner with senior leaders in the Anti-Money Laundering function to provide consultancy and translate the business needs to design and develop solutions, techniques, metrics, and dashboards for insights and data visualization


• Back-end Development: Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure server-side applications and APIs. Work with databases and data models to manage and store information effectively. Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to support efficient data processing and analysis. Optimize performance and maintain system stability


• Architecture and Design: Participate in architecture discussions and provide valuable insights to drive technical decisions. Ensure that software design patterns and best practices are followed throughout the development process


• Testing and Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of software components, including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, to ensure the reliability and functionality of the applications


• Continuous Improvement: Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in software development. Advocate for process improvements and adopt new tools and technologies to enhance productivity and efficiency


• Code Review and Mentorship: Review code contributions from junior developers and provide constructive feedback to promote code quality and maintain coding standards. Act as a mentor and share your knowledge and expertise with team members to foster their growth


• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for developed software, APIs, and processes to ensure comprehensive understanding and knowledge transfer

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Degree, or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university


• 3+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern stack


• Strong expertise in back-end technologies and programming languages, such as Java, Kotlin, Springboot, Node.js, Python, C#, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and we run on Kubernetes in a service-oriented architecture with over 100 services in production


• Knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation


• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done


• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, driving a project from inception to completion


• Affinity for solving problems and diving deep into the details


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


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills


• Experience working on an SOA or microservice-based application

Nice to have:

• Experience scaling highly available, mission-critical systems


• Test-driven development along with unit and integration testing


• Front end experience