Staff Engineer, Backend at Betterment · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

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’re looking for engineers to help us answer some of our most difficult backend scaling, software design, and optimization questions. As a Staff Engineer in our Broker Dealer organization, you'll help define our technical vision, improve system stability, drive on-time delivery, mentor our team of amazing engineers, and help scale our systems in the next chapter of our growth.
This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.
New York City: $210,000-245,000
This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.
A day in the life
Drive the technical vision and long-term strategy of the team
Build innovative trading and money-movement technology that empowers people to make the most of their money, so they can live better
Solve “impossible” problems. Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat
Collaborate with purpose. Spread knowledge across the organization, leveling up engineering practices and mentoring other engineers
Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible
Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
Work with people who care. Half of our team is made up of engineers but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools. We’re a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We’re smart, innovative, energetic, and lots of fun

Staff Engineer, Backend

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Company

Betterment

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