Senior Engineering Manager, Bank Platform

SoFi Technologies

Seattle, WA, United States
On-site
Transaction data platform
Banking core modernization
Real-time reconciliation streams
Lead the Transaction Platform engineering squad through the full development lifecycle, with direct accountability for banking core modernization — the company's most strategic technical program

Job Summary

  • Lead the Transaction Platform engineering squad through the full development lifecycle, with direct accountability for banking core modernization — the company's most strategic technical program.
  • Own the technical roadmap and execution for the Transaction Platform: real-time event replication pipelines, streaming transaction aggregation, reconciliation infrastructure, account provider integration, and a next-generation transaction enrichment framework.
  • Grow the team — understand hiring needs, define assessment criteria, and build engineering depth capable of thriving in a high-ambiguity, high-impact environment.

Matching Summary

Lead the Transaction Platform engineering squad through the full development lifecycle, with direct accountability for banking core modernization — the company's most strategic technical program.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Transaction Data Platform
  • banking core modernization
  • real-time reconciliation streams
  • next-generation transaction enrichment
  • cross-team coordination
  • scalable, mission-critical distributed systems
  • platform-building expertise

Nice-to-have

  • banking domain systems
  • event streaming infrastructure
  • large-scale platform modernization
  • financial data models
  • regulated fintech environment

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience
  • 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, mission-critical distributed systems
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience
  • Demonstrated platform-building expertise
  • Strong technical depth in event-driven systems, streaming pipelines, API design, and complex data models
  • Proven record of cross-functional execution
  • Experience hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent

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