Wealthfront
Software Engineer, Frontend
Palo Alto, CA · Mid
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The bottom of this range ($150,000) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $152,797. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $187,075 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- We started with the ambition to transform the investment advisory business.
- By automating strategies typically reserved for the wealthy, we unlocked access to high quality investment advice for a digitally-native generation that was underserved by traditional institutions.
- Our award-winning products have attracted over 1 million clients who trust us with more than $100 billion of their hard earned savings-and we're far from done.
Responsibilities
- In addition to building client facing features leveraging our in-house Design System components, you also work on improving our infrastructure and developer productivity and can have significant impact afforded by our cross-platform collaboration methods.
- About Wealthfront Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions.
- We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.
- If you're inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let's talk!
- We convey funds to partner banks who accept and maintain deposits, provide the variable interest rate, and provide access to FDIC pass-through insurance.
- Experience working with design to build custom pages and components, with a focus on page speed performance and writing custom CSS to create pages that are responsive across a variety of screen sizes
Requirements
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar server-side frameworks (such as Express or Django) is a plus
- Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing
Compensation
- $150,000 - $189,000 plus equity and a discretionary bonus.
Benefits
- A zero-commission Stock Investing Account with 50+ handpicked collections that help DIY investors discover new companies and make smarter investing decisions.
- Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401K plan, generous time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursements, professional development, employee investing discount, and more!
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- Tax-Loss Harvesting benefits vary depending on the client's entire tax and investment profile.
Company info
- We're looking for Software Engineers to join our team.
- For more information please visit www.wealthfront.com.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- As part of a cross-functional scrum team you will design and develop new products and features to help clients grow their wealth.
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