Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SoFi is a next-generation financial services company and national bank that is transforming personal finance. They are seeking a Senior Manager, Data Engineering to lead a team focused on data models and infrastructure critical to risk and AI applications in the banking sector.
Responsibilities
- Own the data model - design, build, and maintain integrated data models for lending, credit, fraud, AML, KYC, and related risk domains; ensure models reflect banking semantics and regulatory requirements
- Own the data pipeline and infrastructure - architect and manage end-to-end data pipelines using dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, MongoDB, and Terraform; ensure reliability, performance, and scalability
- Lead data and AI projects - serve as the data engineering anchor for all data and AI initiatives; partner with full stack engineers, AI/ML engineers, and product managers to deliver production-grade applications; own the data infrastructure for AI use cases including RAG pipeline data management and evaluation dataset / ground truth curation
- Lead a team of data engineers - manage and develop the team; set standards for code quality, code review, testing, documentation, and CI/CD practices for data pipelines
- Drive data quality and governance - establish data definitions, lineage, and quality standards aligned to regulatory expectations (BCBS 239, SR 11-7, etc.); implement data observability practices including dbt tests, data contracts, freshness SLAs, and anomaly detection to ensure reliability across all pipelines
- Stay 50% hands-on - write and review production code, own critical pipelines, and lead by example
Skills
- 15+ years of experience in data engineering, with the majority of that tenure inside US banks or financial institutions
- Deep knowledge of banking risk data domains - lending, credit risk, deposits, AML, KYC, fraud, banking regulations, and the critical datasets that support them
- Expert-level Snowflake, dbt, and Python - proven ability to design and own complex analytical data models; Python fluency for Airflow DAGs, pipeline logic, and data quality scripting
- Strong pipeline and infrastructure skills - hands-on experience with Airflow, MongoDB, and Terraform in production environments
- People leadership - experience managing and mentoring data engineers; strong code review culture
- Banking regulatory awareness - familiarity with BCBS 239, BSA/AML regulations, OCC/Fed/FDIC data expectations
- Communication - able to translate complex data concepts for risk, compliance, and executive stakeholders
- Experience at a US bank in Model Risk, Integrated Risk, ERM, or Compliance Analytics
- Familiarity with GRC platforms (ServiceNow) and risk data warehouses
- Experience with LLM/AI application data pipelines and observability tooling
Company Overview
SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.sofi.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
SoFi has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 34 in 2026, 213 in 2025, 117 in 2024, 131 in 2023, 118 in 2022, 81 in 2021, 42 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.