Senior Backend Software Engineer

About this role

• We’re looking for engineers to help us answer some of our most difficult backend scaling, software design, and optimization questions
• As a Senior Engineer in our Broker Dealer organization, you’ll help balance on-time delivery of new platform features alongside system stability and scale, all while helping mentor and grow a team of amazing engineers
• Build innovative trading and money-movement technology that empowers people to make the most of their money so they can live better
• Solve “impossible” problems. Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat
• Uphold a standard of excellence in your work, continuously seeking improvement and welcoming guidance from more experienced engineers
• Collaborate with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s software even better
• Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible
• Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
• Contribute to an environment of open communication where engineers feel empowered to share ideas and take initiative to solve problems that achieve company objectives

### Benefits

• Compensation & Ownership: Competitive, benchmarked salary. Equity for everyone, including new hire, performance, and refresher grants.
• Retirement: 401(k) match from day one, including Student loan matching. Zero management fees.
• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. One Medical membership. Fertility and LGBTQIA+ transition support.
• Time Away: Flexible time off. Paid parental leave for all parents. Four-week sabbatical in year six.
• In-Office Culture & Flexibility: An in-person, collaborative culture, with no required office days during the ...