Staff Enterprise Architect
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Staff Enterprise Architect
Are you a visionary Enterprise Architect passionate about building from the ground up and making a measurable impact on how a company operates SoFi is seeking a Staff Enterprise Architect to establish and shape our Enterprise Architecture practicea rare opportunity to build your own shop set best practices and influence the future of our business operations and technology alignment.
Youll join a collaborative missiondriven environment where your voice and expertise will be critical in designing the strategic frameworks that guide our growth. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who are excited to take ownership and drive crossfunctional impact.
What Youll Do
As the founding member of our Enterprise Architecture function youll bring a holistic approach to aligning business operations with scalable technology and data strategies. This is a handson highimpact role where youll lead the creation of frameworks processes and governance from the ground up with a strong focus on improving business operational efficiency.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and implementing our Enterprise Architecture framework and best practices.
- Partnering closely with senior leaders across business and technology to drive strategic alignment.
- Evaluating and optimizing key corporate processes with an eye on operational excellence.
- Leading architectural vision for major operational initiatives from strategy to implementation.
- Mentoring teams on architecture standards governance and scalable design principles.
- Collaborating within the Architecture Squad and being handson during the buildout phase.
What Sets This Role Apart
- Greenfield Opportunity: Youll have the autonomy to create and define the EA practice from scratch selecting the tools methodologies and roadmaps that work best for SoFi.
- CrossFunctional Impact: Youll work across multiple business domainsoperations data technologyand serve as a key strategic partner to executives and product leaders.
- Inclusive Culture: We believe diversity drives innovation. Were committed to fostering a supportive environment where different perspectives are not only welcometheyre essential.
What Were Looking For
Experience:
- 10 years of experience spanning multiple architecture domains: business applications data and technology.
- Proven success aligning enterprise technology with business strategy and process improvement initiatives.
Business Architecture:
- Understanding of core business functions and corporate processes.
- Experience with goalsetting methodologies (e.g. OKRs cascading goals).
- Familiarity with financial impact metrics like ROI EVA and NPV.
Applications & Data:
- Strong knowledge of application portfolio management and operational roadmapping.
- Experience with SaaS integration data management (MDM) and modern data architectures (e.g. data lakes ETL realtime streaming).
- Proficiency in integration patterns: ESB microservices RESTful APIs.
Technology Infrastructure:
- Foundational knowledge in cloud (preferably AWS) networking storage and compute.
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools and CI/CD pipelines.
General Enterprise Architecture:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence across technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with architecture frameworks like TOGAF SAFe Zachman ITIL or Agile methodologies.
Education & Certifications:
- Bachelors or Masters in Information Systems Business or related field.
- TOGAF certification is strongly preferred.
Were Excited About You If You:
- Thrive in ambiguity and love building from the ground up.
- Are a natural collaborator who values team input and diverse perspectives.
- Have a passion for operational excellence and scalable design.
- Want to shape how enterprise architecture is done at SoFinot just execute a roadmap.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
