SoFi reviews

Despite what they say- they are not agile. If you apply for a development position, please strongly discuss their process if this is important to you. Dev, QA, and Product all live in their own silo and unless you personally make it happen there will be no communication between those groups. There is a huge discrepancy in pay- they are doing their best to correct it because there have been multiple complaints, but people who are completely unqualified are making absurd amounts (in positions they are not qualified to hold), while some senior level individuals are barely making market value. You will notice very quickly that the people in management have been hired into their position based on friendships rather than performance or qualifications- in fact, a good chunk of the development and QA team were hired directly from the same previous company. It creates a strong “us versus them” environment that is unimaginably toxic- there is a lot of slander and backstabbing as everyone fights for recognition. A lot of people left at the same time in the last few months, and good people continue to trickle out. I think a general theme is that SoFi grew so fast that they lost their culture and made some very poor hiring decisions. Women: there is a lot to say on the matter of women in development here, but I think it’s important to note that on multiple occasions (by multiple people- both men and women) the question of addressing sexism in this company has come up in our townhall meetings with the CEO. Please do not ignore this if this is important to you.

Unprofessional management. Extreme favoritism. People with less experience get promoted. The scope of work does not match up to the job description. Too much talk, not much done. No innovation. Engineer lead does not equal tech-driven.