Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience
Core
Technical lead for SoFi's AI Developer Experience team, building the foundation for interactive coding, AI economics, and model routing to enable engineers to ship faster.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform)
Builds
Enterprise AI Gateway, model routing, automated evaluation platform, and harness vending infrastructure
Domain
Financial services / AI infrastructure / Developer tooling
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System design for large-scale distributed systems, LLM-based architecture design, AI economics and cost modeling, cross-functional technical leadership, incident management, mentoring senior engineers
Preferred skills
Internal developer platform (IDP) design, FinOps frameworks, autonomous agentic workflows, financial technology background
Technologies
LLMs, model APIs, AI-assisted development tools, CI/CD pipelines, distributed systems
Responsibilities
Define architecture for AI Gateway and model routing, shape 12–24 month technical roadmap, architect cost models and telemetry, lead cross-group initiatives, resolve architectural bottlenecks, evaluate build-vs-buy choices, establish RFC standards, raise production standards, mentor senior engineers
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
