Senior Principal Software Engineer- Crypto
Senior Principal Software Engineer- Crypto
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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to join our team. SoFi is building out a new team to develop crypto products and services for our members. Recent developments made a path for SoFi to begin to reenter the space and expand on our product offerings with intuitive secure and fully featured products across crypto Investing Transfers Payments Custody and beyond.
On our team you will be in the middle of it all implementing functionality architecting our system squashing bugs maintaining the health of our code and continually growing as an engineer. The ideal candidate is both forwardthinking and handson has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery and is a good mentor and coworker. At SoFi we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle from ideation through building deploying and continual improvement and evolution.
At SoFi youll become part of a new kind of finance company whose ambition is to help our members achieve financial independence and reach their goals. We aim to be at the center of our members financial lives and to help every member get their money right. We created student loan refinancing addressing the biggest financial challenge of a new generation through a modern approach to lending and personal finance. Next we expanded our products and services across loans wealth management and insurance. SoFi has achieved significant growth with ambitious plans ahead but to continue this growth we need great talent. And that starts with you.
Key responsibilities
- Build highquality scalable systems with a focus on performance security and reliability in crypto products.
- Shape the technical architecture across SoFis crypto stack wallets custody trading and beyond.
- Drive new ideas and technical strategies that push our crypto offerings forward.
- Raise the bar on engineering through code quality mentorship and setting strong technical standards.
- Apply deep knowledge of crypto protocols smart contracts and blockchain infrastructure.
- Collaborate across teams to deliver reusable crypto services and integrate with SoFis broader platform.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of technical growth and curiosity.
- Lead discussions reviews and decisions across teams and with senior technical leadership.
- Make smart pragmatic decisions that balance speed and quality.
- Stay curious constantly learning new tools protocols and patterns in the evolving crypto space.
- Ask hard questions give and take feedback well and thrive in a collaborative fastmoving environment.
What youll need:
- 10 years programming experience with significant experience in modern day languages and familiarity with AI tools
- Expert understanding and handson experience building and operating largescale faulttolerant distributed systems workflows databases and mobile/web applications
- Deep understanding of code release deployment orchestration / rollout mechanisms logging instrumentation monitoring and alerting in a microservices environment
- Experience with public cloud infrastructure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and distributed ledger technologies
- Familiarity with digital assets across major chains (Bitcoin Etherium etc.
- Handson experience with smart contracts
- Familiarity with custody settlement and clearing of crypto transactions
- Experience with security and best practices for wallet management
- Exposure to crypto trading platforms market data and DeFi protocols
- Experience integrating with or building services using crypto infrastructure providers (e.g. Fireblocks Zero Hash Anchorage)
- Awareness of Web3 trends including NFTs DAOs and Layer 2 solutions
- Prior work in or collaboration with cryptonative companies or fintechs
- Enthusiasm for the evolving digital asset ecosystem and its potential impact on financial services
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
