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The role
This engineering leadership role will build and manage a new AI engineering team dedicated to delivering AI value to SoFi Members. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in leading high-performing engineering teams and a deep understanding of AI and ML systems. This position is perfect for high-ownership leaders focused on creating innovative consumer products with AI.
What you’ll do:
- Manage a team of engineers developing and implementing AI/ML solutions for SoFi products
- Collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to identify and prioritize AI/ML initiatives
- Maintain high standards for quality and timely delivery
- Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent
- Ensure agile and efficient team operations
- Partner with other engineering teams for seamless AI/ML integration
- Stay updated with the latest AI/ML technologies
- Promote AI/ML within SoFi
What you’ll need:
- Strong experience or passion/skill for AI engineering
- Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field
- 6+ years of Software Engineering experience
- 3+ years of management experience
- Deep programming expertise
- Experience managing multiple engineering teams and coaching leaders
- Solid understanding of relational databases (MySQL, Postgres)
- Experience in collaborative coding, design refinement, code reviews, and pull request management
- Passion for tools and technologies
- Problem-solving skills and focus on impactful feature shipping
Nice to have:
- Experience in a highly regulated industry
- Knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance in AI products
Compensation and Benefits
- The base pay range is listed below; final offer depends on experience, skills, and location.
- View our comprehensive benefits on the Benefits at SoFi page.
Equal Employment Opportunity
SoFi is committed to diversity and offers reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. Due to insurance policies, remote work is not available for candidates from Hawaii or Alaska.
Internal Employees
Current employees should apply via the Internal Job Board in Greenhouse.
Job Highlights:
Qualifications
- Passion/skill for AI engineering
- Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field
- 6+ years of Software Engineering
- 3+ years in management
- Deep programming skills
- Experience managing multiple teams and coaching leaders
- Relational databases (MySQL/Postgres)
- Collaborative coding experience
- Tools and technology enthusiasm
- Problem-solving and impactful features focus
- Experience with regulated industries
- Knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance
Benefits
- Compensation details based on individual factors
- Comprehensive benefits (see Benefits at SoFi)
Responsibilities
- Build and manage AI engineering team
- Lead development and implementation of AI/ML solutions
- Collaborate with stakeholders
- Set standards for quality and delivery
- Talent recruitment and development
- Ensure agile operations
- Partner for seamless integration
- Keep up with AI/ML advancements
- Promote AI/ML internally