Betterment

Staff Engineer, User Engagement

Betterment HQ - New York City · Staff+

No sponsorship$200k-$238kDetected 20 days ago

PythonJavaC#RubyReactRailsFull-Stack DevelopmentSQLGraphQLMentoring

About the role

Whether it's saving to buy a house or planning for retirement, hundreds of thousands of people rely on us to invest and save their money.
If you are passionate about financial wellness and are driven to solve complex problems that make saving and investing simple, this role is for you.
This role is based out of our NYC office.

Partner with engineers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to turn product goals into pragmatic technical plans and phased delivery.
Design and build high-quality software across the stack, with a high bar for performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
Mentor engineers across levels through feedback, pairing, design reviews, and day-to-day technical leadership.
Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Collaborate with other senior/Staff engineers to evaluate new patterns and technologies, and adopt them thoughtfully when they improve the customer or developer experience.

Proven experience scoping, leading, and delivering complex technical projects from discovery through release.
Proficiency with relational databases, including schema design and writing detailed SQL queries.
Strong technical judgment, including the ability to evaluate tradeoffs and make pragmatic decisions 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.

This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.
Create leverage for the team by reducing technical friction, improving developer workflows, and making thoughtful investments in architecture and code health.

Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
On User Engagement, you will build within a product that guides customers through the most important life events in their financial journey.

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