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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

Staff Data Scientist leads machine learning and decisioning systems powering personalization, lifetime value (LTV) prediction, and real-time commercial optimization across our marketplaces. This role is responsible for designing and scaling causal measurement and personalization systems that determine how we serve users while balancing customer value, partner economics, and long-term trust. As a senior individual contributor, you will drive high-impact modeling initiatives and shape the technical direction of data science across the organization.

You are a technical expert and strategic partner who operates with significant autonomy and influence. As a Staff Data Scientist, you set the standard for scientific rigor, mentor senior ICs, and guide cross-functional teams without formal authority. You partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance to align data science investments with business strategy, while shaping long-term vision for AI-driven personalization and marketplace optimization.

This role reports to the VP, Data & Analytics.

Where you can make an impact:

• Lead the design and implementation of causal inference frameworks (e.g., uplift modeling, DML, IVs, DiD, synthetic control) to measure true incremental impact across personalization, marketing, and lifecycle interventions
• Establish and standardize methodologies for incrementality, experimentation, and measurement across channels and product surfaces
• Build and scale LTV models (user-level and cohort-based), including churn-adjusted and horizon-specific approaches, for real-time decisioning
• Develop and deploy personalization models that influence ranking, offer selection, content sequencing, and monetization strategies at the moment of user intent
• Ship production-grade machine learning models that directly drive revenue outcomes, including marketplace optimization, partner routing, and budget allocation
• Translate predictive outputs (e.g., conversion propensity, incremental CPA, expected LTV) into decision-ready signals for real-time systems
• Partner with Data Engineering and Platform teams to define data instrumentation, feature stores (batch and streaming), and model monitoring frameworks (drift, bias, stability)
• Influence architectural decisions across modern data and ML platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, real-time inference systems)
• Provide technical leadership across teams by setting best practices for experimentation, modeling, code quality, and reproducibility
• Mentor and develop senior and mid-level data scientists, raising the overall technical bar across the organization
• Communicate complex analytical insights and trade-offs to executive stakeholders, translating findings into actionable business strategies
• Shape long-term strategy for personalization, experimentation, and AI-driven growth at NerdWallet

Your experience:

• 8+ years of experience in applied machine learning, causal inference, experimentation, or related quantitative fields
• Deep expertise in causal inference methodologies (e.g., uplift modeling, doubly robust learners, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, synthetic control, Bayesian time series)
• Proven experience building and operationalizing LTV models for real-time or near-real-time applications
• Strong software engineering and production ML experience, including Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, LightGBM/XGBoost) and PySpark, Advanced SQL
• Experience with distributed systems and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, AWS/GCP/Azure), Version control and ML lifecycle tools (e.g., Git, MLflow)
• Hands-on experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, and statistical diagnostics (e.g., power analysis, bias detection)
• Demonstrated success deploying models that materially impact revenue, efficiency, or user experience
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence Product, Marketing, Finance, and executive stakeholders
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to operate in ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with marketplace optimization, ranking systems, or auction-based environments
• Familiarity with contextual bandits, reinforcement learning, or sequential decision-making systems
• Knowledge of streaming data architectures (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis), orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, DBT), and feature stores (e.g., Tecton, Feast)
• Domain experience in fintech, marketplaces, growth, or performance marketing

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $152K - $282K

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OverviewApplication

At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

The Senior Product Manager plays a pivotal role in driving the optimization of growth funnels and data-driven user experiences within our Consumer Lending vertical. This role is specifically focused on scaling our paid and organic acquisition loops and maximizing funnel conversion for our Mortgage and Personal Loan products. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in performance marketing, digital funnels, and consumer finance, working collaboratively to execute strategies that bridge the gap between marketing spend and product engagement.

This is a high-impact role for a PM who thrives on hands-on execution and data-driven experimentation. Rather than managing the entire vertical end-to-end, you will focus on developing and executing product roadmaps that optimize the performance marketing engine, landing page experiences, and funnel conversion. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Data Science, and Performance Marketing to ensure our technical roadmap fuels top-line lending growth. By partnering with our in-house sales orgs (eg mortgage brokerage) and third-party lenders, you will ensure a seamless hand-off from click to funded loan, continuously monitoring performance metrics to ruthlessly optimize for user conversion and business efficiency.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Engineering.

Projects you may be working on in this position include:

• Dynamic Landing Page Engines: Developing data-driven, personalized landing pages that automatically adjust based on a user’s credit/financial profile or search intent.
• Digital Mortgage Application: Partnering with our in-house brokerage to build a seamless, self-service digital application flow that allows users to move from "searching" to "submitted" with minimal human intervention.
• Paid Funnel Efficiency: Collaborating with the Performance Marketing team to build "experiment-first" funnels that lower CAC through rapid UI/UX iteration.

Where you can make an impact:

• Conversion Excellence: Lead a rigorous "test and learn" roadmap across our lending funnels, using A/B testing and behavioral analytics to optimize user engagement.
• Growth Integration: Partner with Marketing and SEO to ensure our product experience is deeply aligned with acquisition strategies, maximizing the value of every website visitor..
• Bridge Business & Tech: Act as the primary connective tissue between Engineering, Data Science, and Marketing to ensure our technical architecture supports complex growth logic.
• End-to-End Optimization: Own the digital-to-human handoff strategy, ensuring a seamless journey from a user's initial search to final loan fulfillment.
• LTV & Re-engagement Strategy: Build product experiences that maximize user lifetime value by intelligently re-engaging users through personalized "next-best-action" features and lifecycle triggers.

Your experience:

Product Excellence & Domain Expertise:

• 7+ years of experience in product management, specifically focused on conversion rate optimization, ecommerce funnels, or performance marketing—ideally within fintech, lending, or mortgage sectors.
• Proven track record of managing high-traffic web experiences, with a deep understanding of how to bridge SEO and Paid Acquisition strategies with product-led growth.
• Demonstrated success in launching complex product initiatives that move the needle on core business KPIs like CAC, LTV, and Conversion Rate.

Technical Proficiency & Analytical Rigor:

• Data-First Mindset: Expert-level experience with A/B testing frameworks, user research, and behavioral analytics (e.g., Amplitude, Tableau, Google Analytics, or similar) to drive iterative product improvements.
• Engineering Partnership: Highly comfortable working with engineering teams to define API integrations, technical workflows, and data orchestration between front-end experiences and back-end CRMs.
• TODO: SQL, snowflake

Leadership & Strategic Communication:

• Exceptional ability to "connect the dots" across Engineering, Data Science, and Marketing, translating complex technical constraints into clear business outcomes.
• Proven ability to drive alignment and execution across cross-functional teams without direct authority, particularly in a fast-paced, candid environment.
• A passionate defender of the user experience who can balance empathy for the consumer with the commercial needs of a high-growth lending business.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the financial services sector, particularly in consumer finance (mortgages, personal loans, or similar)
• Familiarity with regulatory considerations in consumer finance
• Exposure to data science or machine learning concepts in product development

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $124K - $222K

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OverviewApplication

At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). We support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

We are a moderately sized engineering organization supporting the consumer business unit and its aggressive growth plans. We are looking for a highly motivated Full-Stack back-end and data engineering focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Credit Cards / Lending / Banking / Investing (henceforth CLAW) Engineering team to partner with our stakeholders.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy coding, and delivering value, this role is for you. As a Senior Engineer, you'll write extensive code, contribute to architecture and design, and elevate the quality of our deliverables while fostering team ownership of outcomes. We are an agile team practicing Sprints and indexing on continuous improvement and delivery.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Engineering.

Projects you may be working on in this position include:

• Optimize Partner Data Ingestions: Build and maintain API and file-based partner ingestion pipelines to streamline data flow.
• Revolutionize Pricing Pipelines: Replace outdated Google Sheets-based workflows with a robust, automated pricing system, eliminating human error and enhancing reliability.
• Enable Data Visibility: Design and implement a comprehensive dashboard that delivers real-time, vertical-level data insights for improved decision-making.
• Streamline Investigations with Automation: Develop innovative solutions to automate manual investigations, empowering stakeholders with self-serve tools to resolve issues faster.
• Elevate Data Quality and Alerts: Overhaul and unify the alerting system, implementing advanced data quality checks to drive confidence in analytics.

Where you can make an impact:

• Help business stakeholders make data-driven decisions by improving the partner ingestion system that ingests data from hundreds of partners and build pricing engine on top of it.
• Use observability and monitoring tools to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve production issues quickly.
• Help drive our existing values as a team towards better engineering practices, strong continuous improvement thinking, and failing fast / repairing faster mentality.
• Serve as a mentor to the engineers on the team.
• Partner with management to continuously develop the engineering roadmap for our team.

You are:

• Biased to action and are happy to iterate along the way based on what we learn. You tend to believe that time to market is more meaningful than perfection.
• Not afraid to fail. We take informed risks and chances, they often work, sometimes they don’t. You learn from those mistakes and incorporate them into how you think in the future.
• Aware that “fast” and “quality” are not mutually exclusive. We can deliver high quality, well engineered code fast. You do not cut quality first to meet timelines, you often thoughtfully try to figure out how to do both.
• Interested in being a mentor and a teacher to make those around you better. We aren’t perfect, neither are you. You believe that together we are more than the sum of our parts, and you expect others to help you to grow and learn too.

Your experience:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in full-stack software engineering, with a strong background in backend development and distributed systems.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages – Proficiency in languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, or others based on the stack.

• Experience with front-end frameworks like Next.js, React, or similar.
• Tools and Frameworks - Apache Airflow, Snowflake, Monte Carlo, and Cursor.
• Software Development – Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps).
• System Design & Architecture – Experience in designing scalable, distributed, and high-performance systems.
• Databases – Knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
• Cloud Platforms – Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing applications.
• Microservices & APIs – Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices architecture.
• DevOps & CI/CD – Experience with automation tools (CDK, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Testing & Debugging – Proficiency in unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools.
• Security Best Practices – Awareness of security principles, authentication, and authorization techniques.
• Version Control – Proficiency with Git and workflows like GitFlow.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in consumer credit, lending, loans, or insurance, with a solid understanding of working with multiple external partners and unifying pipelines.

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $136K - $252K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

We are seeking a Security Engineer II to join our Application Security team. The Application Security team enables NerdWallet’s mission—to provide clarity for all of life’s financial decisions, by helping ensure the products and services we design and build safeguard our users’ data and trust.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with engineering teams across the company to reduce security risk throughout the software development lifecycle. You’ll contribute to initiatives that strengthen NerdWallet’s security posture by improving tooling, workflows, and standards that help engineers build secure software while maintaining a great developer experience.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving security challenges collaboratively, building scalable solutions, and helping engineers integrate security practices into their day-to-day work. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your application security expertise while contributing meaningfully to a maturing security program.

This role will report to a Business Information Security Officer.

If you were here 6 months ago, here are some things you might have worked on:

• Designed and implemented a dashboard for on call activities for the team.
• Helped triage and respond to security findings and alerts generated by application security tools
• Completed a penetration test of an external system, and participated in red team campaigns.
• Collaborated with engineers to remediate vulnerabilities and improve secure coding practices
• Contributed to automation or tooling that improves visibility into application security risks

Where you can make an impact:

• Help scale NerdWallet’s application security program through automation, tooling, and developer enablement
• Partner with engineering and product teams to identify and remediate security gaps across multiple systems while balancing business priorities
• Build tools, processes, and automation that improve security posture visibility for engineers and leadership
• Review pull requests and provide actionable guidance on secure coding practices
• Support operational work during security investigations or incidents affecting applications
• Help integrate security practices into the secure development lifecycle (SDLC) across teams

You are:

• Familiar with common web application vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques, such as the OWASP Top 10
• Pragmatic in your approach to reducing risk, balancing security improvements with product and engineering priorities
• Curious and motivated to continuously grow your application security knowledge and skills
• Comfortable asking questions, seeking guidance, collaborating, and debating with teammates when working through complex problems
• Committed to fostering a respectful, blameless, and collaborative engineering culture
• Interested in helping engineers understand and adopt secure development practices

Your experience:

• 2+ years of experience in application security, software engineering, or a related security role
• Experience identifying, triaging, and remediating security vulnerabilities in applications
• Experience working with software deployed in cloud environments, particularly AWS
• Proficient in Python or another scripting language used for automation
• Comfortable reading and reviewing JavaScript or similar application code
• Experience or interest in building automation, tooling, or processes that improve application security workflows
• Comfortable learning new programming languages, frameworks, or security tools as needed

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $127K - $207K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

A Staff Software Engineer plays a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems while providing technical leadership within a team. Their primary purpose is to architect scalable and efficient solutions, ensuring that software meets both functional and non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and maintainability.

Staff Software Engineers are responsible for writing high-quality, scalable, and efficient code, ensuring that software meets business and technical requirements. Additionally, they review and optimize existing code, conduct thorough testing, and troubleshoot complex issues to improve system performance and reliability. Staff Software Engineers also mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and best practices in coding, architecture, and software development methodologies. They collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and quality assurance professionals, to align technical solutions with business objectives. Furthermore, they contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and drive innovation within the organization. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently while leading projects are essential for success in this role.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Engineering.

Projects you may be working on in this position include:

• Optimize and build new insurance flows through our organic/paid marketing funnels via ordering changes, micro-optimizations, and A/B testing the auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, Medicare and travel insurance flows.
• Design and implement secure, scalable back-end integrations with partner and third-party platforms to support conversions and user engagement.
• Lead development of high-impact insurance experiences, including organic SEO pages that drive top-of-funnel traffic and user flows across multiple insurance products (auto, home, life, Medicare, U65 health, travel, and pet).
• Instrumentation of our systems in our Observability platform Datadog.

Where you can make an impact:

• Architecting complex systems that help grow the insurance business.
• Serve as a tech lead on the team.
• Build across the full software stack — from front-end experiences to back-end systems and data workflows.
• Design and implement secure, scalable back-end integrations with partner and third-party platforms to support conversions and user engagement.
• Contribute to a move-fast development culture by owning the full tech stack with minimal dependencies.
• Use observability and monitoring tools to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve production issues quickly.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver measurable impact across the insurance vertical.
• Add monetization onto pages lacking it, making changes to drive more traffic through pages that have low traffic.
• Improve SEO page performance to enhance site speed, accessibility, and user engagement — driving stronger rankings and visibility on SERPs.
• Serve as a mentor to the engineers on the team.
• Help to drive our existing values as a team towards better engineering practices, strong continuous improvement thinking, and failing fast / repairing faster mentality.
• Partner with management to continuously develop the engineering roadmap for our team.

You are:

• Biased to action and are happy to iterate along the way based on what we learn. You tend to believe that time to market is more meaningful than perfection.
• Not afraid to fail. We take informed risks and chances, they often work, sometimes they don’t. You learn from those mistakes and incorporate them into how you think in the future.
• Aware that “fast” and “quality” are not mutually exclusive. We can deliver high quality, well engineered code fast. You do not cut quality first to meet timelines, you often thoughtfully try to figure out how to do both.
• Interested in being a mentor and a teacher to make those around you better. We aren’t perfect, neither are you. You believe that together we are more than the sum of our parts and you expect others to help you to grow and learn too.

Your experience:

• Minimum of 10 years in software engineering, with a strong background in front-end development, back-end development, and distributed systems.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Technical Skills:

• Expert in React, TypeScript, Node
• Familiarity with Next.js
• Relational database experience
• 4+ years working on a public-facing website (should understand: SEO, ADA, responsive, etc)
• Software Development – Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps).
• System Design & Architecture – Experience in designing scalable, distributed, and high-performance systems
• Databases – Expert knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases
• Cloud Platforms – Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing applications
• DevOps & CI/CD – Familiarity with automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Testing & Debugging – Proficiency in unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools
• Security Best Practices – Awareness of security principles, authentication, and authorization techniques
• Version Control – Proficiency with Git and workflows like GitFlow

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $152K - $282K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

Consumer Banking & Credit Cards own the end-to-end shopping journeys for two of NerdWallet’s largest and most impactful verticals. Our mission is to create best-in-class, data-driven comparison shopping experiences that help millions of users make smarter financial decisions.

Operating at the intersection of technology, data-driven experimentation, and product excellence, these teams have a direct impact on NerdWallet’s growth. Our ownership spans both Organic (SEO) and Paid Marketing channels, building fast, intuitive, and highly optimized comparison shopping flows that rank, perform, and scale. By collaborating with business stakeholders, organic growth and paid marketing strategists, we push the boundaries of what’s possible in performance engineering and multi-channel growth strategies.

If you thrive on high-impact work, solving complex technical challenges, and shaping the future of financial shopping experiences on the web, this is the place for you.

We’re looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a strong emphasis on our core technology stack: TypeScript, Next.js and AWS cloud services (including IAC w/ AWS CDK). You’ll work across the stack, but the primary focus will be on creating excellent user experiences, building data systems that enable fast experimentation, and developing the backend infrastructure that powers our shopping journeys.

You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, business stakeholders, designers, and other engineers to build scalable, engaging shopping flows, while also contributing to performance, observability, accessibility, and technical excellence. This is a hands-on engineering role, ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, has a strong product mindset, and is motivated by seeing their work used by millions of users.

This role reports to the Manager, Engineering.

Where you can make an impact:

• Build, maintain, and evolve Full Stack React/Next.js applications that serve millions of monthly users.
• Improve Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and technical SEO to drive discoverability and engagement.
• Partner with product, organic growth, paid marketers and content teams to launch, test, and iterate on high-impact shopping experiences.
• Design and implement backend APIs and cloud services that power dynamic, personalized content and partner integrations.
• Collaborate on platform-wide initiatives: performance, observability, A/B testing infrastructure, and developer experience.
• Contribute to shared UI components and design systems, helping scale high-quality UX across pages and flows.
• Participate in code reviews, mentorship, and team technical discussions to help raise the engineering bar.

Your experience:

We recognize not everyone will meet all of the criteria. If you meet most of the criteria below and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful contributions across both front-end and back-end systems.
• Deep experience in TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js or a related isormorphic framework (Astro, Gatsby, etc.).
• Experience with building backend systems using cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Vercel).
• Hands-on experience building and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs and integrating with databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Strong product and UX sensibility with a keen eye for performance, usability, and responsive design.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, IAC, observability).
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in SEO-focused web environments, affiliate commerce, or shopping marketplaces.
• Hands-on experience with web vitals, lazy loading, caching strategies, or third-party analytics tools.
• A technical blog, open-source contributions, or portfolio site showcasing your work.
• Background in FinTech, financial services, or other regulated industries.

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $136K - $252K

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NerdWallet’s Small Business Team is on a mission to empower small business owners with the tools, insights, and confidence they need to make smart financial decisions and build thriving businesses. We believe every one of the 27.9 million small businesses in America deserves clear guidance and access to the right financial options, and we are passionate about delivering advice and technology that make those choices easier. By supporting entrepreneurs across lending, banking, and financial management, we help fuel job creation, strengthen local communities, and power the broader economy. If you are inspired by meaningful impact and excited to help business owners achieve their ambitions, we would love to have you join us.

As the Senior Product Manager for NerdWallet’s Small and Medium Business vertical, you will define and execute product strategy, building products that help business owners achieve their goals. This role connects customer insights, data, and business strategy to deliver scalable solutions that drive meaningful impact for SMBs across lending, banking, and financial management. You will collaborate closely with engineering, design, data, analytics, and go-to-market partners to bring innovative solutions to market, balancing long-term vision with thoughtful execution and measurable business outcomes.

You will lead end-to-end product initiatives across the SMB portfolio, from discovery through launch and ongoing optimization. This includes defining customer needs, business objectives, and success metrics, and translating them into clear roadmaps, detailed requirements, and actionable plans. In partnership with engineering, design, analytics, data, and marketing teams, you will build, test, and deliver features that enhance customer experience and business performance, while developing scalable systems that support personalized acquisition, retention, and cross-sell strategies. Grounded in data and customer feedback, you will continuously evaluate performance, refine priorities, and communicate product vision, strategy, and results to stakeholders and executive leadership.

This role reports to the Sr. Director & Head of SMB Product, Engineering and Design.

Where you can make an impact:

• Define Product Strategy: Own the roadmap and vision for your product area, aligning customer needs, data insights, and company goals.
• Drive Innovation: Identify and validate new opportunities using competitive analysis, customer research, and rapid experimentation.
• Make Data-Driven Decisions: Partner with analytics and data engineering to test, learn, and iterate using measurable outcomes.
• Lead Cross-Functional Execution: Partner with engineering, marketing, and design to ensure on-time delivery of impactful features.
• Ensure Transparency: Share progress, learnings, and roadmaps across teams, building organizational clarity and trust.
• Foster Excellence: Create playbooks, define best practices, and contribute to a culture of executional excellence across SMB.

Your experience:

• 5+ years of experience as a product manager
• Strategic thinking and roadmap development: Proven ability to develop and drive product strategies and roadmaps that align with business objectives
• Customer-centric approach: Expertise in gathering and analyzing customer feedback, understanding user needs, and translating these into actionable product features
• Cross-functional collaboration: Experience working closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer success teams to drive product development and go-to-market strategies
• Data-driven decision making: Proficiency in using data to inform product decisions, set KPIs and measure success
• Agile methodology experience: Familiarity with agile development processes, including sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and rapid testing
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to articulate product vision and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong design sense or UX experience: Ability to collaborate closely with designers and prioritize user experience for SMB users
• Familiarity with the SMB market: Knowledge of the challenges and needs of small to medium-sized businesses

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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Compensation Range: $124K - $222K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions​ and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact​ because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

Role Summary:

A highly skilled and experienced Staff Product Manager leads the development and enhancement of personalized and data driven products in the credit cards, lending, and wealth management verticals. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the fintech landscape, particularly in managing products related to financial services, consumer credit, and investment products. This role is strategic and cross-functional, requiring leadership across product development, business strategy, and customer experience.

You are a strategic member of the team who has a deep understanding of consumer insights and can use these insights to drive product innovation and personalization for our consumers. You are a strong collaborator who enjoys working with multiple stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of product initiatives. You excel at market analysis, project management and performance monitoring to ensure that you are delivering strong business results. You are a strong communicator and know how to articulate business objectives and consumer needs to peers at all levels.

This role reports to the VP, Data & Analytics.

Where you can make an impact:

• Own the product roadmap for emerging growth projects that leverage data and partner integrations to deliver personalized credit cards, lending, and wealth management solutions, aligning with the overall company vision.
• Define and drive the strategy to build competitive and innovative financial products that address customer needs in credit, lending and wealth management.
• Conduct market analysis and competitive research to identify trends, customer pain points, and opportunities for product growth.
• Ensure that products are relevant and valuable to the target audience with a deep understanding of the financial profiles, goals, and challenges of expected consumers to drive product innovation and personalization.

• Own product integrations with third party partners such as credit bureaus and NerdWallet clients.

• Seamlessly execute on roadmaps for successful product launches and updates by partnering with data, engineering, marketing, and editorial teams to create and implement product roadmaps.

• Lead product development projects from concept to launch, including defining requirements, setting timelines, and coordinating with stakeholders.

• Live in the numbers: monitor and analyze product performance metrics, implement A/B tests and other optimization strategies to improve user engagement and conversion rates.

• Stand in the shoes of our consumer: empathize with the audience we are building for and always bring consumer insight to the table.

• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation to ensure long-term success

Your experience:

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years in product management, preferably in a consumer internet or financial technology company.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading products to success and driving significant business outcomes. Strong ability to influence and build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Analytical Skills: Proficient in using data analytics tools to derive actionable insights. Experience with A/B testing, SEO, and performance marketing is a plus.
• Technical Understanding: Ability to work closely with engineering teams and understand technical concepts. Experience driving product integrations with third party APIs. Experience with data science and machine learning is a plus.
• Consumer-first Mindset: Passionate about creating intuitive, delightful, and valuable product experiences for consumers.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate product ideas and strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in fintech or financial services industry, particularly within the credit cards and wealth management sectors.
• Experience with regulatory frameworks related to consumer finance and investment products.

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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LI-4

Compensation Range: $140K - $246K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

A Senior Software Engineer plays a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems while providing technical leadership within a team. Their primary purpose is to architect scalable and efficient solutions, ensuring that software meets both functional and non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and maintainability. This is a Full-Stack role.

As Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for writing high-quality, scalable, and efficient code, ensuring that software meets business and technical requirements. In this role, you will review and optimize existing code, conduct thorough testing, and troubleshoot complex issues to improve system performance and reliability. You are a strong communicator who is able to foster a culture of continuous learning and best practices in coding, architecture, and software development methodologies. You are a natural connector who can easily build relationships with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and quality assurance professionals, to align technical solutions with business objectives. You are a self-starter, who can work independently to proactively identify business needs, contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and drive innovation within the organization.

This role reports to the Sr. Director, Product, Design, and Technology.

Where you can make an impact:

As a key member of our team, you will help strengthen and grow one of the top-performing verticals at Nerdwallet. Your contributions will be meaningful and visible as you:

• Drive strategic initiatives that directly influence our vertical's growth and enhance Nerdwallet's position as a trusted financial guidance platform
• Collaborate with a high-performing team of experts who are passionate about empowering consumers to make smarter financial decisions
• Identify innovative solutions to diverse business challenges that require both analytical thinking and creative problem-solving
• Contribute to building sustainable processes that scale with Nerdwallet's ambitious growth plans
• Make meaningful connections with stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and maximize our impact on consumers' financial lives
• Be part of shaping the future direction of a critical business unit within Nerdwallet

Your experience:

• Minimum of 4 years in software engineering, with a strong background in full-stack development.

• Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages – Proficiency in languages like Ruby (on Rails), JavaScript (React), and similar languages/frameworks.

• Software Development – Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps).
• System Design & Architecture – Architect Ruby (or other) applications with clean separation of concerns.
• Databases – Knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) databases.
• Cloud Platforms – Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing applications.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and MVC architecture.
• DevOps & CI/CD – Experience with automation tools (e.g. CircleCi, GitHub Actions).
• Testing & Debugging – Proficiency in unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools.
• Security Best Practices – Awareness of security principles, authentication, and authorization techniques.
• Version Control – Proficiency with Git and workflows like GitFlow.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in consumer credit, lending, loans, or insurance.
• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails and React.

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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LI-5

Compensation Range: $136K - $252K

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

A Senior Software Engineer plays a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems while providing technical leadership within a team. Their primary purpose is to architect scalable and efficient solutions, ensuring that software meets both functional and non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and maintainability.

Senior Software Engineers are responsible for writing high-quality, scalable, and efficient code, ensuring that software meets business and technical requirements. Additionally, they review and optimize existing code, conduct thorough testing, and troubleshoot complex issues to improve system performance and reliability. Senior Software Engineers also mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and best practices in coding, architecture, and software development methodologies. They collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and quality assurance professionals, to align technical solutions with business objectives. Furthermore, they contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and drive innovation within the organization. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently while leading projects are essential for success in this role.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Engineering.

Projects you may be working on in this position include:

• Optimize insurance flows through our organic/paid marketing funnels via ordering changes, micro-optimizations, and A/B testing the auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, Medicare and travel insurance flows.
• Design and implement secure, scalable back-end integrations with partner and third-party platforms to support conversions and user engagement.
• Lead development of high-impact insurance experiences, including organic SEO pages that drive top-of-funnel traffic and user flows across multiple insurance products (auto, home, life, Medicare, U65 health, travel, and pet).
• Work hands-on with data ingestion pipelines and write performant SQL.
• Instrumentation of our systems in our Observability platform Datadog.

Where you can make an impact:

• Build across the full software stack — from front-end experiences to back-end systems and data workflows.
• Design and implement secure, scalable back-end integrations with partner and third-party platforms to support conversions and user engagement.
• Contribute to a move-fast development culture by owning the full tech stack with minimal dependencies.
• Use observability and monitoring tools to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve production issues quickly.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver measurable impact across the insurance vertical.
• Add monetization onto pages lacking it, making changes to drive more traffic through pages that have low traffic.
• Improve SEO page performance to enhance site speed, accessibility, and user engagement — driving stronger rankings and visibility on SERPs.
• Serve as a mentor to the engineers on the team.
• Help to drive our existing values as a team towards better engineering practices, strong continuous improvement thinking, and failing fast / repairing faster mentality.
• Partner with management to continuously develop the engineering roadmap for our team.

You are:

• Biased to action and are happy to iterate along the way based on what we learn. You tend to believe that time to market is more meaningful than perfection.
• Not afraid to fail. We take informed risks and chances, they often work, sometimes they don’t. You learn from those mistakes and incorporate them into how you think in the future.
• Aware that “fast” and “quality” are not mutually exclusive. We can deliver high quality, well engineered code fast. You do not cut quality first to meet timelines, you often thoughtfully try to figure out how to do both.
• Interested in being a mentor and a teacher to make those around you better. We aren’t perfect, neither are you. You believe that together we are more than the sum of our parts and you expect others to help you to grow and learn too.

Your experience:

• Experience: Minimum of 6 years in software engineering, with a strong background in front-end development, back-end development, and distributed systems.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Technical Skills:

• Expert in React, TypeScript, Node
• Familiarity with Next.js
• Relational database experience
• 2+ years working on a public-facing website (should understand: SEO, ADA, responsive, etc)
• Software Development – Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps).
• System Design & Architecture – Experience in designing scalable, distributed, and high-performance systems
• Databases – Knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases
• Cloud Platforms – Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing applications
• DevOps & CI/CD – Familiarity with automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Testing & Debugging – Proficiency in unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools
• Security Best Practices – Awareness of security principles, authentication, and authorization techniques
• Version Control – Proficiency with Git and workflows like GitFlow

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions, and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact​ because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

NerdWallet’s Platform team builds and operates the foundational systems that power our consumer experience. They own our centralized product data platform, partner ingestion pipelines, publishing and click-tracking infrastructure, GraphQL gateway operations, and our high-traffic, headless WordPress CMS. These platforms ensure accurate, compliant, and high-performance product and content experiences across web and mobile for millions of users. We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this team, driving the modernization of legacy services into scalable, reliable systems and advancing our vision of a decoupled, flexible platform that enables faster publishing, stronger observability, and future growth.

As Senior Engineering Manager for our Platform Systems, you’ll lead and support a team of engineers delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure software that advances NerdWallet’s product and business goals. You’ll partner closely with Product and cross-functional collaborators to shape the roadmap, prioritize work, and remove obstacles, while fostering strong engineering practices and a culture of continuous learning. You’ll be accountable for technical quality, team health, and day-to-day execution—mentoring and developing engineers, making thoughtful technical decisions, and balancing near-term delivery with long-term maintainability, compliance, and reliability.

This role reports to the Director, Engineering.

Where you can make an impact:

• Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team responsible for NerdWallet’s platform systems, including the Content Platform, CMS, and Product Data Platform
• Partner with Product Managers and other cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute against the product roadmap
• Drive consistent execution of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence
• Contribute to and guide technical and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements
• Balance platform evolution (e.g., headless CMS, APIs, content workflows) with stability for high-traffic, mission critical systems
• Manage sprint planning, project timelines, and delivery commitments, ensuring predictable and high-quality execution
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, escalating and addressing them proactively
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and psychological safety
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers at varying levels
• Ensure systems owned by the team meet availability, performance, and security standards

Your experience:

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience as the people manager of an engineering team
• Proven experience delivering production software in a complex, fast-paced environment within FinTech or regulated industries
• Proven success owning and leading large-scale content management systems and headless architectures (our current platform is built on WordPress)
• Proven success leading large scale backend systems
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices
• Solid technical foundation with experience designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure systems
• Proficient in either PHP or Python, GraphQL, SQL, and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of security best practices, data privacy, and compliance considerations in financial systems
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support engineers at varying levels through clear, actionable feedback
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience balancing delivery commitments with technical quality and long-term maintainability
• Experience in developing scalable web applications with SEO in mind
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to manage and deliver complex engineering projects at scale and on time
• A passion for mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and creating inclusive, high-performing teams

Where:

• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice.

NerdWallet participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program for all US locations. For more information, please see:

• E-Verify Participation Poster (English+Spanish/Español)
• Right to Work Poster (English) / (Spanish/Español)

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