Betterment is looking for Senior Full Stack Engineers to build applications that guide customers through important life events in their financial journey, making saving and investing simple and delightful.
Requirements
- Strong experience in object-oriented programming; Ruby on Rails is preferred. Experience with Java, Python, C, or Node.js is welcomed.
- Proficiency in building frontend applications using React.js or a similar framework
- Experience building APIs using GraphQL.
- Proficiency with relational databases, including designing schemas and writing detailed SQL queries.
- A strong command of fundamental algorithms and data structures.
- Proven ability to lead and manage projects that span one or more teams, considering tradeoffs to ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining high standards of quality, performance and security.
- Passion for building delightful front end interfaces and components.
Responsibilities
- Lead medium-to-large scale initiatives, partnering with teammates and adhering to software development best practices in order to ship high quality software continuously and iteratively.
- Collaborate with our Product & Design teams to build delightful experiences that help our customers save and invest.
- Balance innovation with the need to maintain application performance and security.
- Maintain a high bar of excellence in your work quality, setting an example for and mentoring less experienced Engineers to do the same.
- Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, rigorous testing and pragmatic programming
- Collaborate with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented Engineers and figure out how to make Betterment’s software better.
- Contribute to an environment of open communication, where engineers feel empowered to share ideas and take initiative to solve problems that contribute to achieving company objectives.
Other
- This role is based out of our NYC office.
- 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, and 401(k) with employer match as well as a flexible PTO policy.
- For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, weekly.
- Passion for ongoing learning and knowledge-sharing.
- Adept at approaching complex engineering challenges with innovative and unconventional solutions.
