About Us:
SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset's mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists of fastest growing companies in 2021, SmartAsset closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020.
SmartAsset has been featured in hundreds of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, TechCrunch, The New York Times, CNBC, FOX Business, The Washington Post, U.S. News World Report, TIME, Reuters, Businessweek and Barron’s.
About You:
As part of our growth strategy, we are looking to hire a Backend Software Developer with at least 5 years of full-time professional development experience, to join our NYC-based team. You will be working on implementing entirely new features and functionality from scratch, as well as enhancing, maintaining and bug-fixing our existing code-base. You will also have the ability to work on various components of our apps, including our in-depth user-analytics, back-end/number-crunching/data-processing core or the presentation layer. You will be leading and coordinating the work of a small technology team and working with our product organization to determine goals and requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Apply your knowledge of software engineering to build reliability into our products
Collaborate with software engineers and product managers to understand our customers’ needs and the design decisions of the product
Lead decisions for the development team in a way that orchestrates technical efficiencies
Take an instrumental role in creating software design patterns and fault tolerant systems
Work closely with other application engineers and SREs to build performant CI/CD pipelines
Work as part of the team to design and implement the scalability solutions of our fast-growing production systems
Skills Needed:
5+ years experience in a highly technical role
Demonstrated knowledge of software development principles
Proficiency in developing reliable, fault-tolerant, software. Java or Python is a bonus.
Good understanding of relational databases (SQL) and some understanding of non-relational datastores
Excellent knowledge of common programming patterns
Conviction in applying best practices and high quality code in your solutions
Enthusiasm in mentoring other engineers
Demonstrated history of designing and implementing distributed and fault-tolerant systems at high scale
Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
Excellent communication
Available Benefits and Perks:
All roles at SmartAsset are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere in the US.
Medical, Dental, Vision - multiple packages available based on your individualized needs
Life/AD&D Insurance - basic coverage at 100% company paid, additional supplemental available
FSA: Medical and Dependant Care
401K - 3% match with immediate vesting
Equity packages for each role
Time Off: PTO, 3 Month Paid Parental Leave, Secondary Caregiver Leave
EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Pet Insurance
Short-term and Long-term Disability
Home Office Stipend
Health and Wellness Stipend
Monthly Food Delivery Stipend
SmartAsset is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us.
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