This role pays more than
72%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$188,277
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$185k
versus about
$169k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the engineering team to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend systems for financial technology platforms. You will build secure microservices using Java and Kotlin while implementing various service interfaces including REST, GraphQL, and gRPC for distributed systems. Your daily responsibilities involve managing backend workflows, batch processing, and data pipelines across PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, and Snowflake. To ensure system reliability, you will implement features like rate limiting, fault-tolerance, and observability through logging and monitoring. The role requires expertise in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, AWS, and containerization technologies, alongside experience with Kafka or ActiveMQ for messaging. You will contribute to the architecture of distributed systems while managing CI/CD workflows using Maven and Gradle to solve complex technical challenges within the financial services domain.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems for financial technology platforms.
Develop and maintain microservices using Java and Kotlin.
Design and implement REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs for distributed systems.
Build and manage backend workflows and batch processing systems for large-scale data operations.
Create data integration pipelines across relational, NoSQL, and data-warehouse technologies.
Implement resilience features such as rate limiting, throttling, and fault-tolerance strategies.
Improve system observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.
Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
What we're looking for
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
Two years of experience in the job offered or in a related field.
Experience in backend software development using Java and Kotlin.
Proficiency in developing APIs and service interfaces using REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.
Experience with object-oriented programming and microservices architecture.
Experience designing distributed systems using Spring Batch and Temporal workflow orchestration.
Proficiency with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB).
Experience with web frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring MVC), cloud platforms (AWS), containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and messaging systems (Kafka or ActiveMQ).