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# Principal Software Engineer, Agentic Experiences

- **Company:** SoFi Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $198,400.0 - $341,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Sofi, Information Technology, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** May 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=161b3ff9dcd9f5ce

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Technology management?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years experience building AI Agents or platforms for millions of users.

 * Strong experience in building production AI Agents, including orchestration, evals, retrieval/grounding, and guardrails.
 * Strong expertise in system architecture, platform design, and cross-org technical strategy
 * Proven ability to lead ambiguous, high-impact initiatives across multiple teams
 * A highly hands-on technical leader who leads by example and is willing to roll up your sleeves to design, prototype, and ship critical features in production.
 * Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

## Description

We are seeking an experienced engineering leader with a proven track record of building customer-facing AI agents to help us create the next-generation financial guidance experience for 10M+ SoFi members.

This role is central to SoFi's mission of becoming the most trusted guide in helping members Get Their Money Right. As a Principal Engineer, you will define the architecture and technical strategy for our financial guidance agent and lead its implementation across multiple workstreams.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, product, data science, design, and business teams to build a scalable AI Agent that delivers personalized, trustworthy, and actionable financial guidance at scale.

What You'll Do

 * Define the technical strategy and architecture for AI Agent for Member, and lead cross-team system design and execution.
 * Define the evaluation strategy and lead the implementation of systems and processes to measure, monitor, and improve AI agent quality and reliability.
 * Drive quality, reliability, observability, safety and compliance of the AI Agent in a regulated environment.
 * Partner closely with product, data science, design, and business leaders to translate product vision into scalable systems
 * Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, and elevate engineering excellence across the org


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