Staff Software Engineer

Vestwell

Staff Software Engineer

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2 Locations

In-Office

185K-200K Annually

Senior level

Cloud • Fintech • HR Tech • Mobile • Social Impact • Software • Financial Services

Powering the modern savings economy for financial advisors businesses government agencies and savers.

The Role

The Staff Software Engineer will develop and support product features enforce coding best practices mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions in a fintech environment.

Summary Generated by Built In

Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement education and healthcare savings needs. Today Vestwell enables over 350000 businesses and nearly 1.5 Million active savers with over $30 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States.

Vestwell offers a range of products including workplace-delivered retirement plans employer-offered student loan repayment benefits and various savings accounts for education emergencies and individuals with disabilities.

Vestwell's platform serves a diverse clientele including financial advisers employers third-party administrators financial institutions payroll providers government agencies and individual savers. To learn more visit vestwell.com

Who Are We Looking For?

The Engineering team is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer with experience in Product feature development and Architecture who can be effective on all levels of our Engineering stack and is willing to play all necessary roles such as architect tech lead code reviewer Agile coach and mentor.

In short we want to bring experienced Engineers in to make key decisions regarding technology architecture and software.

You’re a great fit for our team if you can balance detail-oriented tasks with long term strategy and scale initiatives. Most of all you must be passionate about what you create and about the impact it can have. That matters to us a lot.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain optimal software supporting Product initiatives and features using Typescript
Establish and enforce best practices in code to build sophisticated software that adheres to common programming principles
Work with stakeholders including the Executive Product and Operations teams to support their Product development needs
Review requirements and translate into an executable development plan breaking down projects to enable iterative and agile implementation
Provide production support and train junior engineers
Proactively drive the vision for architecture and design across multiple product verticals
Manage the delivery of high impact development solutions

Requirements

The Necessities

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
Experience with Typescript and Node.js
Experience with Python
Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude and Cursor
Experience scaling and managing 3+ person teams
Advanced knowledge Agile practices
Extensive development experience
Experience mentoring more junior engineers
Experience with relational databases
Data Architecture experience
Experience with AWS cloud services
Ability to triage and assign work
Has experience working with and leading remote contractors
Demonstrated experience with Software Architecture and Design
Experience working with and supporting cross functional teams
Extensive use of Git preferably Github

The Extras

Fintech experience
Startup experience
Building pipelines in Jenkins

This role will be based in either the New York City or Austin office and will be part of Vestwell's hybrid in-office operation.

The expected base salary range for this position is $185K - $200K base. This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.

OUR BENEFITS

We’re an innovative high-growth company with lots of exciting milestones ahead. We value health and wellness at Vestwell and in addition to a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee we offer competitive health coverage and generous vacation offering. We have adopted a hybrid office policy but all employees are welcome at our bright comfortable office with many workspace options in our Midtown Manhattan Austin King of Prussia and Phoenix offices so everyone has a setting that is the most productive for them. Oh and naturally we have a great 401(k) plan!

OUR PROCESS
It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1-2 conversations about Vestwell your experience and your interests. Next steps can vary by role but the usual next steps are a skill or experience screen (e.g. a coding interview for an Engineer a portfolio review for a Designer deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in-person interview panel after that if the screens go well. Before making an offer our interview process concludes with a references check stage for your recruiter to meet with a current or former supervisor and peer. We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process.

For your awareness you will only receive correspondence from [email protected] any other domain not ending in Vestwell.com is not our Recruitment team.

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Skills Required

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
Experience with Typescript and Node.js
Experience with Python
Experience scaling and managing 3+ person teams
Advanced knowledge Agile practices
Experience with relational databases
Experience with AWS cloud services
Demonstrated experience with Software Architecture and Design

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The Company

HQ: New York NY

500 Employees

Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Vestwell is a financial technology company that makes it easier for more individuals to save for life’s most important moments—from retirement to education and healthcare. Founded in 2016 Vestwell’s platform removes traditional barriers to saving making it accessible efficient and approachable for everyone. Vestwell provides a comprehensive suite of workplace savings solutions including retirement plans student loan repayment benefits and specialized accounts for education emergencies and disability savings. Trusted by financial advisors employers payroll providers financial institutions and government agencies Vestwell empowers nearly 1.5 million savers across over 350000 businesses nationwide with over $35 billion in assets saved across all 50 states. With a commitment to closing the savings gap and fostering a secure financial future for all Vestwell provides an elevated and accessible savings technology everyone deserves. Recognized among CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers WealthManagement.com’s Retirement Plan Advisor Support Award Built In’s Best Places to Work and PLANSPONSOR’s Top 10 Recordkeepers Vestwell continues to set the standard for innovation and impact in the savings industry.

Why Work With Us

Vestwell is powered by a team of passionate problem-solvers building the future of accessible savings. Supported by top fintech investors we’re tackling a complex challenge with collaboration innovation and purpose at every step.