About the role
The Product Engineering teams at Betterment build the applications our customers use when they are logged in to their Betterment accounts. We are looking for Mobile engineers to join us in furthering our mission to make people's lives better by providing delightful experiences that have been Betterment's hallmark since inception. As a Software Engineer in Betterment's product engineering organization, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining the features our customers interact with on a daily basis.
Our mobile application guides customers through the most important life events in their financial journey. Whether it's saving to buy a house or planning for retirement, hundreds of thousands of people rely on us to invest and save their money. If you are passionate about financial wellness and are driven to solve complex problems that make saving and investing simple, this role is for you.
Mobile Engineers sit side-by-side with Full Stack Engineers, user experience designers, and product managers to craft our consumer-facing applications. Part of being a member of this team is a love for building products you're proud to share with your friends and family. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible with sleek design, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice. You'll be a part of a team that's tackling difficult questions of scale, architecture and interaction.
This role is based out of our NYC office. Below, we've reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment's total compensation package for employees.
New York City: $170,000 - $195,000
We offer a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, life and AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, EAP, commuter and parking benefits FSA/HSA, and 401(k) with employer match as well as a flexible PTO policy. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, weekly.
A day in the life
* Lead medium-to-large scale initiatives, partnering with teammates and adhering to software development best practices in order to ship high quality software continuously and iteratively.
* Collaborate with our Product & Design teams to develop delightful experiences that guide our customers on their saving and investing journey.
* You'll work alongside Fullstack Engineers to help ensure our features and application grow with our business while remaining performant and secure.
* Teach and Learn. As a Senior Engineer, we expect you to share your knowledge with new and junior engineers, help mentor and grow our team professionally, as well as learn from our leaders to level up your own talents.
* Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, rigorous testing, and pragmatic programming.
* Collaborate, with purpose. You'll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment's revolutionary software even better.
* Contribute to an environment of open communication, where engineers feel empowered to share ideas and take initiative to solve problems that contribute to achieving company objectives.
* Work with people who care. Half of our team is made up of engineers, but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools. We're a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We're smart, innovative, energetic, and lots of fun
What we're looking for
* Experience building applications with, or a strong interest in quickly learning, Dart and Flutter.
* Expertise in building interactive mobile applications using a declarative UI framework such as Flutter, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, or React Native.
* Proficiency with a state management API such as Flutter or React Hooks.
* Additional experience with GraphQL is a plus.
* Ability to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality.
* Collaborativeness and excitement to partner with your teammates.
* Have a passion for software engineering, and for creating what doesn't exist
* Appreciate agility and pragmatism in software development
* The ability to thrive in a startup environment