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The role:
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Promos and Incentives team responsible in SoFi’s Member Growth organization. You will work in a highly collaborative environment, engaging closely with cross-functional Product, Design, and Engineering teams. This team builds and operates the platforms and user experiences that introduce prospective members to SoFi, communicate our value proposition, and drive efficient, high-quality member acquisition.
In this role, you will collaborate with Product and Design to deliver performant, scalable, and experiment-driven web experiences across critical acquisition funnels. You will drive unparalleled member growth by showcasing benefits, rewards and personalized information to those who express interest in banking with SoFi. You will be accountable for project execution, delivery, and team health, while collaborating with partner teams across Growth, Marketing, and Platform to ensure alignment and impact.
As an engineering manager, you will own technical planning, roadmap, and delivery through growing a strong engineering team and leading them to ship high-quality software and continuously improve reliability, performance, and developer experience.
What you’ll do:
- Lead an engineering team through the full software development lifecycle, from planning to delivery and iteration
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, milestones, and priorities, and guide the team to keep on track in a fast-paced environment
- Own the team execution and delivery of various types of promotions, offers and incentives that attract high quality members to SoFi
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, diving deep as needed to help the team resolve complex problems and unblock delivery beyond delegation alone.
- Work with XFN partners to translate business and growth goals into clear roadmaps and technical deliverables.
- Collaborate effectively across engineering teams and with cross-functional partners and leaders.
- Build and maintain a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, feedback, and career development
- Foster a strong engineering culture centered on quality, ownership, learning, and collaboration
- Champion innovation by exploring and adopting new technologies, tools, and engineering practices that improve platform quality, developer productivity, and business outcomes.
What you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, mission-critical systems
- 2+ years of experience managing engineers or acting as a people manager/tech lead with management responsibilities
- Experience in hiring, onboarding, coaching and growing engineers
- Strong sense of responsibility and execution, with the ability to drive projects from planning through delivery
- Comfort working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
- Experience with Agile or iterative development methodologies
- A growth mindset and desire to continuously learn and improve
Nice to have:
- Experience with real-time stream processing (e.g. Kafka, Flink etc) and workflow platforms (e.g. Temporal)
- Experience working with or leading full stack teams (Backend, Web)
- Exposure to highly regulated and consumer-facing production environments
- Background in fintech or large-scale consumer platforms
Top Skills
SoFi San Francisco, California, USA Office
Our new headquarters opened in 2019. The office provides an open work environment, an all-hands area, a café, library, coffee points on every floor, and executive conference rooms. The game room and roof-top lounge area provide space to take a break and look at the incredible downtown view.
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