Betterment · 1 hour ago
Sr. Software Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $195K/yrBetterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions. As a Sr. Engineer on the Frontend Platform team, you will build and maintain the shared mobile infrastructure and tooling that power Betterment’s React web applications, shaping the developer experience for engineers across the company.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechImpact InvestingRetirement
Hiring Manager
Sadé Lake
Responsibilities
Build and maintain the shared JavaScript/React frameworks, libraries, and developer tooling that product teams use to deliver customer-facing features to our web apps
Partner with engineers across product squads to improve reliability, performance, and security of our web apps
Lead medium-to-large scale platform initiatives, balancing tradeoffs to ship high-quality solutions continuously and iteratively
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and fellow engineers to ensure platform capabilities align with business and customer needs
Mentor junior engineers, contribute to an environment of open communication, and foster a culture of teaching and learning
Identify and address strategic technical challenges that have long-term impact across Betterment’s engineering organization
Contribute to an engineering culture that values clean code, rigorous testing, pragmatic programming, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Expertise with React web development and familiarity with JavaScript open source ecosystem
Experience building and consuming GraphQL APIs
Experience with modern approaches for testing web applications, including end-to-end browser testing and accessibility validation
Experience with design systems, including approaches for CSS shared across an organization
Experience with JavaScript build tooling
Experience participating in projects that impact technologies and development workflows used by multiple teams
Expertise in at least one server-side language (Ruby, Java, C#, C++, Python, etc.)
Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, and performance considerations in web apps
Ability to lead projects, drive adoption of platform improvements, and make pragmatic tradeoffs while maintaining quality
Collaborative mindset and excitement to partner with teammates across engineering, design, and product
Passion for software engineering, developer experience, and creating what doesn't yet exist
Appreciation of agility and pragmatism in software development
The ability to thrive in a startup-like environment, balancing autonomy with collaboration
Preferred
Experience with Apollo Client
Experience with Playwright and Chromatic
Ruby on Rails experience
Experience with Vite
Experience with pnpm, Lerna, Nx
Benefits
We offer a competitive equity package
Health, dental and vision benefits
Life and AD&D
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
EAP
Commuter and parking benefits
FSA/HSA
401(k) with employer match
Flexible PTO policy
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
STD and LTD benefits, including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits
Generous parental leave
Lunch from our in-house chef at our NYC headquarters
Company
Betterment
Betterment is an online investment company that offers investing and retirement solutions for their current clients and clients-to-be.
Founded in 2008
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$435MKey Investors
TreasuryORIX Growth CapitalSharesPost Investment Management
2021-09-29Series F· $60M
2021-09-29Debt Financing· $100M
2021-04-30Series Unknown
Leadership Team
John Mileham
CTO
Jon Stein
Founder and Board Member
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