Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform (San Francisco)

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Base pay range

$172,800.00/yr - $297,000.00/yr

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Who we are:

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Together with our members, were changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.

Were 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 were at the forefront. Were proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on peoples 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

At SoFi, data is at the heart of every decision. We prioritize data privacy, security, and governance to maintain the trust of our members and meet strict regulatory standards. Our Data Platform team powers that mission building scalable infrastructure, enabling self-service, and delivering trusted data to every corner of the company.

Were looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Core Infrastructure and Services squad. In this role, youll oversee data infrastructure, platform services, and governance initiatives from integrating diverse data sources into governance tools to evolving the foundational architecture that supports SoFis long-term growth.

What Youll Do

Data Platform Services

• Automate at Scale Drive automation and self-service for governance, quality, and metadata to improve velocity and reduce operational overhead.
• Streamline Ingestion Unify data ingestion across real-time, batch, and CDC patterns for reliable, consistent entry into the platform.
• Future-Proof Design and evolve platform architecture for scalability, flexibility, and long-term growth.
• Build Trust Implement monitoring, validation, and quality frameworks to ensure data is accurate, fresh, and compliant.
• Enhance Discovery Improve metadata, lineage, and visibility so teams can find and understand data quickly.

Data Governance

• Integrate sources like Postgres, S3, and DynamoDB into governance tools (Alation, Collibra).
• Define and enforce governance policies in partnership with stakeholders.
• Lead the development of metadata management and data quality capabilities.

Infrastructure & Cloud Management

• Manage SoFis data infrastructure (SDP), ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Oversee Terraform Cloud for IaC automation.
• Handle Snowflake RBAC and enforce secure data access.
• Monitor Snowflake & AWS costs, implementing optimization strategies.

Leadership & Strategy

• Mentor engineers, promote best practices, and foster a culture of learning and innovation.
• Partner cross-functionally with product, ML, analytics, and compliance teams. Develop a 35 year roadmap for data platform evolution.
• Evaluate and integrate SaaS and open-source solutions.

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years in data engineering, infrastructure, or similar roles.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams in cloud-first environments.
• Proven experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift including architecture, security, and optimization.
• Strong background in AWS (S3, EMR, Lambda, ECS/EKS) and IaC (Terraform, AWS CDK, Helm).
• Expertise in ingestion/streaming (Kafka, DMS, Flink), orchestration (Airflow, dbt), governance (Great Expectations, Monte Carlo), and security/compliance frameworks.

Bonus Points

• Experience with open table formats (Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake).
• Familiarity with feature stores, ML pipelines, or vector databases.
• Performance engineering expertise (query optimization, caching, workload isolation).
• Track record of driving adoption of governance frameworks and platform modernization at scale.

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 candidates 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 embracing diversity. 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 [email protected].

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

Internal Employees

If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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