Vestwell
Staff Software Engineer
New York, NY | Austin, TX · Staff+
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About the role
- Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy.
- Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and over 2M active savers, with over $50B in assets saved across all 50 states.
- To learn more, visit vestwell.com Who Are We Looking For?
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain optimal software supporting Product initiatives and features using Typescript
- Establish and enforce best practices in code to build sophisticated software that adheres to common programming principles
- Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product and Operations teams to support their Product development needs
- Provide production support and train junior engineers
- Manage the delivery of high impact development solutions
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Experience with Typescript and Node.js
- Experience with Python
- Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude and Cursor
- Experience scaling and managing 3+ person teams
- Extensive development experience
- Experience mentoring more junior engineers
- Experience with relational databases
- Experience with AWS cloud services
- Ability to triage and assign work
Compensation
- The expected base salary range for this position is $185K - $200K base.
Benefits
- At Vestwell, we prioritize employee wellbeing through comprehensive health benefits, generous time off, and a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee.
- Our platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs.
Company info
- And, of course, as a company focused on helping people save for the future, we offer a competitive 401(k) plan.
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