Senior Engineering Manager, Protect

SoFi

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$172,800–$297,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $166,500–$243,600 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $235k versus about $205k 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 15 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $172,800–$233,750 across 12 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Protect

The Senior Engineering Manager, Protect leads the engineering organization building a next-generation Insurance platform. This role involves establishing technical and operational direction for a mission-critical business line, focusing on greenfield platform architecture. You will lead team building, talent acquisition, and performance management across multiple engineering squads while guiding architectural strategy for scalable, fault-tolerant platform services. Key responsibilities include partnering with Product, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations to translate member needs into resilient technical solutions. You will utilize JVM-based stacks including Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot within cloud-native environments using Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. The role requires expertise in distributed systems design, microservices, and event-driven architectures like Apache Kafka or Temporal.io to solve complex consumer insurance workflows.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Washington?

Median $267050 from 38 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead team building, talent acquisition, performance management, and career development across multiple engineering squads.
  • Guide architectural strategy and deliver scalable, fault-tolerant platform services in a cloud-native production environment.
  • Translate member needs and business goals into resilient technical solutions by partnering with Product, Design, and Compliance.
  • Implement modern architectural patterns to enhance system reliability, maintainability, and operational elegance.
  • Establish automated testing, observability, and incident mitigation practices to ensure operational excellence.
  • Coach and mentor mid-level to senior engineers to foster a culture of technical excellence.
  • Facilitate technical design reviews and establish shared engineering standards across partner domains.
  • Communicate roadmaps, architectural trade-offs, and system health to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field plus 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience in engineering management leading teams of software engineers.
  • Master’s Degree in a related technical field plus 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Proven track record of zero-to-one product delivery from concept through production rollout.
  • Expertise in distributed systems design, including microservices, API contracts, and high-volume workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to align Product, Design, Compliance, Risk, and Operations partners to deliver business outcomes.
  • Familiarity with JVM-based stacks (Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot) and cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, Docker, Terraform).
  • Direct domain experience in FinTech, InsurTech, or highly regulated financial ecosystems (preferred).
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms like Apache Kafka or Temporal.io (preferred).

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