Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Banking Core

Social Finance

Full-time - Senior

Remote

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About the position

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Banking Core at SoFi is responsible for leading the banking core transformation team, overseeing the development lifecycle of banking products and services. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance the user experience and migrate legacy systems to a next-generation banking platform. The position emphasizes innovation, team growth, and accountability, aiming to disrupt the financial services industry and support SoFi's mission of helping members achieve financial independence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Profile banking core team through the full development life cycle
• Collaborate with frontend and other backend teams to lead banking core transformation projects
• Challenge the status quo, embrace and foster innovation
• Disrupt the industry by building the banking platform of the future
• Grow the team - understand what your team needs, define how to find and assess candidates
• Define the growth plan for individuals on your team
• Hold the team accountable for delivery
• Shape and support the team culture with an emphasis on continual improvement, learning, and fun
• Generate ideas for new initiatives
• Take initiative and produce timely results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, deliverables, and goals.

Requirements

• BS Degree or equivalent from a fully accredited college or university preferred
• 5+ years of Profile banking core application and or Profile database experience
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, mission-critical systems
• 5+ years of experience with the banking domain and systems and exposure to highly regulated environments
• 4+ years of experience managing teams
• Experience hiring, training, motivating, monitoring, and coaching team members
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
• Strong sense of responsibility; driving initiatives from inception to completion
• Ability to hold others accountable
• Experience with Agile SDLC methodologies
• A desire to learn

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in banking core migration projects
• Experience building systems in the Fintech space
• Experience with high volume, low latency, scalable systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package