Staff Mobile Engineer – Platform

Betterment

Hybrid Actively hiring
New York City Posted 39 days ago $200,000–$228,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Staff Mobile Engineer on Betterment’s Mobile Platform team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the shared mobile infrastructure, frameworks, and tooling that power the company's applications. Your day-to-day tasks include developing React Native libraries and tools, improving app reliability and performance, leading platform initiatives, and collaborating with Product, Design, and fellow engineers to ensure alignment with business needs. You will also mentor junior and senior engineers while tackling complex technical challenges. The role requires expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React Native, and familiarity with iOS and Android platforms, as well as experience with GraphQL and mobile networking best practices. This position is crucial for maintaining high standards of code quality and performance across Betterment’s extensive user base, ensuring a seamless and secure customer experience at scale.

Skills

React Native JavaScript TypeScript GraphQL Flutter iOS Android Kubernetes CI/CD Docker Git JIRA Confluence Python PostgreSQL

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain shared React Native frameworks, libraries, and developer tooling.
  • Improve reliability, performance, and security of mobile apps across the company.
  • Lead medium-to-large scale platform initiatives to ship high-quality solutions.
  • Identify and address strategic technical challenges with long-term impact.
  • Ensure high standards for code quality, test coverage, accessibility, and performance.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to an engineering culture of continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native development.
  • Experience designing and maintaining shared mobile libraries and frameworks.
  • Familiarity with GraphQL and best practices for mobile networking.
  • Proven ability to lead large-scale platform migrations and drive adoption.
  • Commitment to high standards of code quality, test coverage, and performance.
  • Strong track record in debugging complex production issues across platforms.
  • Collaborative mindset and passion for software engineering and developer experience.

Market check

Salary context

This $200,000–$228,000 range sits above 65% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$235,788

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,500–$222,750

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.

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