As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Betterment in New York, you will join the Product Engineering team to build and enhance applications that guide customers through critical financial milestones such as saving for a home or planning for retirement. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading medium-scale initiatives, collaborating with product and design teams to create delightful user experiences, maintaining application performance and security, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. You should be proficient in Ruby on Rails (or similar languages), React.js, GraphQL, and relational databases, with a strong background in algorithms and data structures. The role requires experience managing cross-team projects while balancing innovation and practicality to deliver robust financial solutions that simplify saving and investing for hundreds of thousands of users.
Lead medium-to-large scale initiatives, adhering to software development best practices.
Build delightful customer experiences by collaborating with Product & Design teams.
Maintain application performance and security while innovating new features.
Mentor less experienced engineers and uphold high standards of work quality.
Write clean code and conduct rigorous testing for efficient software maintenance.
What we're looking for
Strong experience in object-oriented programming, preferably Ruby on Rails.
Proficiency in React.js or similar frontend frameworks and building APIs with GraphQL.
Expertise in relational databases, including schema design and SQL query writing.
Proven ability to lead cross-team projects while maintaining quality, performance, and security.
Passion for creating delightful user interfaces and fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
Adept at solving complex engineering challenges with innovative solutions.
Market check
Salary context
This
$170,000–$195,000
range sits above
58%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$141,900–$214,950
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,400–$211,200
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Betterment
Betterment is an automated investment service (robo-advisor) that uses technology to provide personalized investment management, retirement planning, and savings optimization at low cost for retail investors. Industry: Financial Technology & Wealth Management
Betterment currently has
16 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$200,000–$221,500
across 16 roles with salary data.