Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Frontend

Social Finance - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Seattle, WA

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About the position

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Frontend at SoFi is responsible for leading development teams in creating innovative banking products and services. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle, focusing on enhancing user experience and refining business logic. The manager will cultivate a strong front-end culture, ensuring team growth and accountability while driving initiatives from inception to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or multiple development teams through the full development life cycle
• 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

• A BS Degree or equivalent from a fully accredited college or university is preferred
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, mission-critical systems
• 4+ years of managing teams in a modern front-end ecosystem (Web/Android/iOS)
• 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 with the banking domain and systems
• Exposure to highly regulated environments
• Experience building systems in the Fintech space
• Experience with high volume, low latency, scalable systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package