This role pays more than
91%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$212,452
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$270k
versus about
$194k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About SoFi
SoFi Technologies is a fintech company offering student and personal loans, mortgages, credit cards, investing, banking, and insurance products, positioning itself as a one-stop financial services platform. Industry: Financial Technology & Personal Finance
SoFi currently has
17 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$156,800–$247,500
across 17 roles with salary data.
As the Principal Engineer, Digital Identity, you will serve as the technical leader for the Digital Identity team within the Technology Solution Group. You will manage Tier-0 infrastructure responsible for identity resolution, entitlement management, and fine-grained authorization across all company products. Your daily responsibilities include defining technical strategy, architecting solutions for complex multi-person access patterns, and leading cross-organizational platform convergence. You will build engineering processes, establish rigorous design review standards, and mentor senior engineers to foster a high-performing culture. The role requires expertise in distributed systems architecture, event-driven systems, and data integrity at scale. You must demonstrate proficiency in AI-assisted development to accelerate prototyping and experimentation. This role solves critical problems regarding compliance-grade audit trails and automated verification within the financial services domain, ensuring secure access for members across banking, lending, investing, and crypto platforms.
What does a Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $174600 from 40 postings across 12 companies.
Distributed Systems
Graph Databases
Go
Kubernetes
DynamoDB
Data Pipelines
System Architecture
MVP
Observability
PII Handling
Fraud Detection
Identity Resolution