Betterment · 2 days ago
Staff Full Stack Software Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $228K/yrBetterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions. They are seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer to build applications that enhance customer experiences and support their financial journeys.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechImpact InvestingRetirement
Responsibilities
Build things people love. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible. Sleek design, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice
Teach and Learn. As a Staff Engineer, we expect you to share your knowledge with new, junior, and senior engineers. Help mentor and grow our team professionally as well as learn from our leaders to level up your own talents
Solve 'impossible' problems. Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat
Collaborate, with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s revolutionary software even better
Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible. We already have the best UX in the business. Let’s make it even better
Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
Work with people who care. Half of our team is made up of engineers, but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools. We’re a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We’re smart, innovative, energetic, and lots of fun
Qualification
Required
Have proven and recent experience scoping, building, and leading technical projects (and the teams building them) from discovery through release
Have experience in at least one server-side language - Ruby, Java, C#, C++, Python. (we use Ruby on Rails)
Have experience building interactive web applications using modern Javascript frameworks (we use React)
Have a strong understanding of appropriate technical design, architecture, and other complexity in building web applications
Have experience gathering inputs, building consensus, and making technical decisions in an inclusive manner
Have experience communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues across different roles, teams, and lines of business
Have a commitment to upskilling teammates through feedback, pairing, and mentorship
Have a passion for software engineering, and for creating what doesn't exist
Know how to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality
Realize that automated tests are a worthwhile investment
Appreciate agility and pragmatism in software development
Thrive in a startup environment
Benefits
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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