Staff Software Engineer

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 350,000 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. Vestwell’s Privacy Policy. 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