Senior Engineering Manager, Protect

Galileo Financial Technologies; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

SoFi Tech Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for the Protect team to lead the engineering org building our next-generation Insurance platform. You will shape long-term architecture, drive end-to-end platform capabilities, and foster an engineering culture across Product, Design, Risk, and Engineering.

You will cultivate diverse teams, champion learning, and own end-to-end delivery with strong collaboration across functions and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical field plus 8–10+ years in software engineering with 4+ years in management.
• Proven track record of zero-to-one product delivery with production rollout.

Responsibilities

• Lead team building, organizational design, talent acquisition, performance management and career development.
• Guide architectural strategy and deliver scalable, fault-tolerant platform services in a cloud-native environment.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Compliance and Operations to translate needs into technical solutions.
• Identify and implement modern architectural patterns to improve reliability and maintainability.
• Champion automated testing, observability, and incident mitigation across services.
• Coach engineers and leads to foster technical excellence and growth.
• Facilitate design reviews and establish engineering standards across domains.
• Communicate roadmaps and system health to leadership and partners.

Skills

Zero-to-one product delivery

Distributed systems design

JVM stack (Java/Kotlin)

Cloud-native infrastructure

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in a technical field

10+ years software engineering; 4+ years in management

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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Who we are:

Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. SoFi Tech Solutions (formerly Galileo Financial Technologies) is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. SoFi Tech Solutions leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://tech.sofi.com/careers/.

The role:

As the Senior Software Engineering Manager for the Protect team, you will lead the engineering organization building our next-generation Insurance platform. You will establish technical and operational direction for a rapidly expanding, mission-critical business line at SoFi where core platform architecture is greenfield and business impact is direct and tangible. This is an opportunity to shape long-term platform capabilities, architecture, and engineering culture across the organization.

You thrive on cultivating engineering teams that value diverse perspectives and foster environments where every team member can contribute and grow. You champion continuous learning, lead iterative experimentation, take end-to-end ownership, and inspire ongoing technical curiosity. At SoFi, we hold deep conviction in tight partnership across Product, Design, Risk, and Engineering; you will engage across the entire lifecycle—from product ideation and distributed systems design to high-availability deployment and continuous system evolution.

What you’ll do:

• Lead team building, organizational design, talent acquisition, performance management, and career development across multiple engineering squads.
• Guide architectural strategy and lead the delivery of highly scalable, fault-tolerant platform services in a cloud-native production environment.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations to translate member needs and strategic business goals into resilient technical solutions.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement modern architectural patterns and frameworks to enhance system reliability, maintainability, and operational elegance.
• Champion operational excellence, establishing robust automated testing, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and incident mitigation practices across all team services.
• Coach and mentor mid-level to senior software engineers and engineering leads, fostering a culture of technical excellence and clear career progression.
• Facilitate constructive technical design reviews, navigate architectural trade-offs, and establish shared engineering standards across partner domains.
• Communicate roadmaps, architectural trade-offs, and system health effectively with cross-functional partners and senior leadership.

What you’ll need:

• Education & Minimum Experience Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field + 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years in engineering management leading teams of software engineers (OR Master’s Degree in a related technical field + 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years in engineering management).
• Proven track record of zero-to-one product delivery, taking new platform capabilities from concept through production rollout with active users.
• Exceptional distributed systems design expertise—able to design resilient microservices, define API contracts, and navigate consistency, idempotency, and failure modes in high-volume workflows.
• Demonstrated technical depth—capable of evaluating architecture proposals, leading rigorous design reviews, and maintaining a high standard for software maintainability and system health.
• Proven cross-functional leadership—demonstrated ability to align Product, Design, Compliance, Risk, and Operations partners autonomously to deliver business outcomes.
• Familiarity with JVM-based stacks (Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot) and modern cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills—able to articulate complex system trade-offs clearly to executive stakeholders and partner teams.
• Experience cultivating psychological safety, mentorship, and high-performance standards within engineering teams.

Nice to have:

• Direct domain experience in FinTech, InsurTech, consumer insurance workflows, or highly regulated financial ecosystems.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, Temporal.io, AWS Step Functions).

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.

This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long term incentives.

US-Based Base Compensation

$172,800 — $297,000 USD

SoFi Tech Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

SoFi Tech Solutions is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi Tech Solutions offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email [e-mail].

We are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico at this time.

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