Staff Engineer (Backend)

Join Betterment, a leading digital investment platform, as a Staff Engineer in our Broker Dealer organization. In this role, you will drive the technical vision and long-term strategy of the team, build innovative trading and money-movement technology, and collaborate with other engineers to level up engineering practices. You will also have the opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team, enjoy competitive compensation and benefits, and contribute to a culture of growth and development.

• Definir la visión técnica y la estrategia a largo plazo del equipo, y liderar la construcción de tecnología innovadora para el comercio y el movimiento de dinero.
• Resolver problemas complejos y "imposibles", experimentar, iterar, aprender y repetir para llevar las ideas al siguiente nivel.
• Colaborar con propósito, compartir conocimientos en toda la organización, mejorar las prácticas de ingeniería y mentorear a otros ingenieros.
• An understanding of how to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality
• Appreciation for agility and pragmatism in software development
• 7+ years professional experience with SQL and relational databases, including designing schemas and writing detailed SQL queries
• Experience scaling and optimizing in large-scale distributed systems
• A strong command of fundamental algorithms and data structures
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components
• Knowing that investments in developing solid tests pays for itself several times over
• 10+ years professional experience in at least one object-oriented language, strong plus for Java experience
• Proven ability to lead and manage projects that span one or more teams, considering tradeoffs to ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining high standards of quality, performance and security