Betterment

Staff Engineer, Backend

New York, New York, USA · Staff+ · full-time

No sponsorship$210k-$245kDetected 42 days ago

JavaDistributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsSQLMentoring

About the role

Broker Dealer is the core of the Betterment platform.
On a busy day, we securely move millions of dollars through the Betterment system and ensure each transaction flows through a complex series of risk checks for strict regulatory compliance.
Every ounce of efficiency and intelligence we pour into this system translates into more value for our customers.

We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat Collaborate with purpose.
We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering Work with people who care.
We value all perspectives When we collaborate, we're at our best.
Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
We're looking for engineers to help us answer some of our most difficult backend scaling, software design, and optimization questions.

Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.
What happens next We'll take a few weeks to review all applications.
If we'd like to spend more time with you, we'll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.
Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment.
Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.
On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency.
As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision.
We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal.

Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position.
The range listed is just one component of Betterment's total compensation package for employees.

$210,000-245,000 This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

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