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Principal Engineer, Digital Identity

WA - Seattle💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Technical leader for Digital Identity, defining strategy and architecture for Tier-0 infrastructure handling identity resolution, entitlement management, and fine-grained authorization across all SoFi products.

Role type

Principal Engineer, Digital Identity (Strategy & Architecture)

Builds

Tier-0 identity and authorization platforms serving millions of members across banking, lending, investing, and crypto products.

Domain

Financial Services / Distributed Systems / Identity & Access Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Technical leadership, AI fluency, Group-level influence, Engineering culture building, Outcome ownership

Preferred skills

Identity & authorization platform experience, Financial services domain knowledge, Cross-organization platform convergence

Technologies

Event-driven systems, AI-assisted development tools

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy for identity platforms, Architect complex multi-person access patterns, Lead cross-organization platform convergence, Establish operational excellence and data integrity systems, Build engineering culture and mentor senior ICs, Identify high-leverage technical investments

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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