Betterment

Staff Engineer, Backend

Betterment HQ - New York City · Staff+

No sponsorship$210k-$245kDetected 19 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.

Build innovative trading and money-movement technology that empowers people to make the most of their money, so they can live better
Collaborate with purpose. Spread knowledge across the organization, leveling up engineering practices and mentoring other engineers
Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Collaborate with purpose.
That means a consistent experience for our customers - you'll build the tools to make it possible
Create efficiency.
We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
Half of our team is made up of engineers but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools.

7+ years professional experience with SQL and relational databases, including designing schemas and writing detailed SQL queries
Experience scaling and optimizing in large-scale distributed systems
An understanding of how to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality

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.

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.

Drive the technical vision and long-term strategy of the team
Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants.
Flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.
This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
We're looking for engineers to help us answer some of our most difficult backend scaling, software design, and optimization questions.
Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
Our software helps customers save time and money.

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