Staff Engineer (User Engagement)

Join Betterment, a leading digital investment platform, as a Staff Engineer focused on User Trust. In this role, you will build systems and experiences that enhance user privacy, compliance, account access, KYC, risk scoring, login and account recovery, and fraud prevention. You will work at the intersection of security, legal & compliance, risk, and product engineering to deliver scalable and reliable solutions. This position offers competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive health benefits, flexible time off, and opportunities for growth and development.

• Concevoir et mettre en œuvre des systèmes complexes dans le domaine de la confiance des utilisateurs, en guidant les pratiques de développement full stack de l'équipe.
• Collaborer avec d'autres leaders en ingénierie pour faire progresser la technologie de Betterment et créer des solutions évolutives et fiables.
• Communiquer efficacement avec des collègues techniques et non techniques pour rassembler des contributions, construire un consensus et prendre des décisions techniques.
• Have experience in at least one server-side language - Ruby, Java, C#, C++, Python. (we use Ruby on Rails)
• Exposure to domains involving identity, access, privacy, compliance, financial workflows, or other trust-critical user experiences
• Have experience communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues across different roles, teams, and lines of business
• Have a commitment to upskilling teammates through feedback, pairing, and mentorship
• Have a passion for software engineering, and for creating what doesn’t exist
• Familiarity with building customer-facing and internal tools that require strong reliability, auditability, and thoughtful handling of risk
• Appreciate agility and pragmatism in software development
• Realize that automated tests are a worthwhile investment
• Have a strong understanding of appropriate technical design, architecture, and other complexity in building web applications
• Track record of balancing user experience, business goals, and control frameworks when building scalable fullstack systems
• Have experience gathering inputs, building consensus, and making technical decisions in an inclusive manner
• Thrive in a startup environment
• Experience designing, building, and operating systems for fraud detection, prevention, or risk mitigation in high-trust environments
• Have experience building interactive web applications using modern Javascript frameworks (we use React)
• Know how to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality
• Have proven and recent experience scoping, building, and leading technical projects (and the teams building them) from discovery through release