Full Stack Software Engineer

About Betterment

Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors, as well as financial wellness solutions including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission: making people’s lives better. We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (three days in-office).

The Advisor Experience team aims to build the best full-service investment management platform in the industry. The team operates as part of Betterment Advisor Solutions, the all-in-one custodial platform for independent RIAs, and focuses on empowering financial advisors with tools to manage their clients on Betterment’s platform. We are dedicated to high-quality user experiences to simplify complex needs. We seek a technical leader to drive this team forward while upholding high standards in quality and execution for Core Registered Investment Advisors managing their clients on Betterment’s platform.

We also support our advisor support team and relationship managers.

As a Staff Engineer, you will design and implement complex systems within the team’s domain, guide your team’s full-stack development practices, and collaborate with other senior engineering leaders to advance Betterment’s technology, focusing on high performance, reliability, and a superior developer experience.

If you’re passionate about delightful customer experiences, building scalable, high-performance web applications, and eager to work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, we’d love to have you on our team.

This role is based out of our NYC office. Below is the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including location, experience, and performance. The range listed is one component of Betterment’s total compensation package.

• New York City: $190,000 - $220,000

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. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in-office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, weekly.

• Build things people love. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible with sleek design, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice.
• Teach and Learn. As a Staff Engineer, share knowledge with new, junior, and senior engineers. Mentor and grow the team professionally and learn from leaders to level up your own talents.
• Solve “impossible” problems. Take ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat.
• Collaborate, with purpose. Work in small groups with other thinkers to make Betterment’s software even better.
• Gain trust through transparency. Build tools to provide a consistent customer experience and remove guesswork from investing.
• Create efficiency. Maintain software through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering.
• Work with people who care. We value engineers as professionals and foster a collaborative, energetic, and fun environment.

• Proven and recent experience scoping, building, and leading technical projects (and the teams building them) from discovery through release
• Experience in at least one server-side language (Ruby, Java, C#, C++, Python). (We use Ruby on Rails)
• Experience building interactive web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (we use React)
• Strong understanding of technical design, architecture, and other complexity in building web applications
• Experience gathering inputs, building consensus, and making technical decisions inclusively
• Experience communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues across different roles, teams, and lines of business
• Commitment to upskilling teammates through feedback, pairing, and mentorship
• Passion for software engineering and for creating what…