Principal Software Engineer, Agentic Experiences

SoFi

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Work type: On-site
Location: CAWA
Salary: $198,400–$341,000 / yr
Posted: 102 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $270k

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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $178,232–$230,400 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $270k versus about $204k for comparable roles.

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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 27 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $147,200–$247,500 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Agentic Experiences

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As a Principal Engineer at SoFi, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to developing cutting-edge AI agents that provide personalized financial guidance to over 10 million members. Your primary responsibilities include defining the technical strategy and architecture for these AI agents, leading cross-functional teams in system design and implementation, and ensuring quality, reliability, and compliance within a regulated environment. You will work closely with product, data science, and business leaders to translate vision into scalable systems while mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering excellence across the organization. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of software engineering experience, including extensive hands-on expertise in building production AI agents for millions of users, system architecture, platform design, and cross-organizational technical leadership.

Skills

Python Java Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis GraphQL RESTful APIs Scalability Security Compliance Observability Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Data Science

What you'll do

Define technical strategy and architecture for AI Agent to deliver financial guidance.
Lead implementation of systems to measure, monitor, and improve AI agent quality.
Ensure quality, reliability, observability, safety, and compliance in a regulated environment.
Translate product vision into scalable systems by partnering with cross-functional teams.
Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to elevate engineering excellence across the organization.

What we're looking for

10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years building AI agents for millions of users.
Strong expertise in production AI agent development including orchestration, evaluation, retrieval, and safety measures.
Proven ability to lead technical strategy and system architecture across multiple teams.
Hands-on leadership experience in designing, prototyping, and shipping critical features in a regulated environment.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills for elevating engineering excellence.

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