NerdWallet is looking to solve the business problem of improving its organic shopping product experiences by enhancing performance, SEO, and user engagement on its highest-traffic pages. This involves building and scaling a Next.js/React platform embedded in WordPress to create SEO-optimized customer experiences, backed by Redis caching and strong observability.
Requirements
- Expert in ES6, TypeScript, Node.js and the web platform; proficient in other modern languages such as Rust, Go, Python, etc.
- Expert in modern front-end frameworks such as Astro.js Nuxt.js, Next.js, React.js, Tailwind, etc.
- Deeply knowledgeable about Web Performance, Core Web Vitals & Technical SEO.
- Keen eye for design, usability and user experience. Understanding of accessibility best-practices.
- Experience in Observability and running a production website or application at scale.
- Experience with database systems, microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, IAC, CI/CD and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Deep domain knowledge in technical SEO or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of NerdWallet’s highest-traffic organic pages by improving performance, SEO, and user engagement.
- Partner with product, SEO, and data teams to run experiments, measure impact, and iterate quickly.
- Take input from and partner directly with engineering leadership to drive technical initiatives to enhance performance, observability, scalability, security and developer experience.
- Contribute to platform stability and resilience through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management.
- Ensure high standards of technical excellence, maintaining a high-quality codebase and modernizing our stack.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineering team members, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and architecture.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to standards, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering team.
Other
- Minimum of 8+ years in software engineering, with a strong background in client focused full stack development.
- This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
- NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.
- NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations.
