Senior Software Engineer

Betterment

New York, United States Posted October 4, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$175,000 - $215,000

Job Description

Join Betterment, a leading digital investment platform, as a Senior Software Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for building innovative trading and money-movement technology, solving complex backend scaling and optimization challenges, and mentoring a team of engineers. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the company's success and contribute to a culture of open communication and continuous improvement. Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment.

  • Contribuer à la conception, à la construction, à l'évolutivité et à la maintenance des composants logiciels backend.
  • Diriger et gérer des projets qui s'étendent sur une ou plusieurs équipes, en tenant compte des compromis pour garantir une livraison à temps.
  • Mentorer et développer une équipe d'ingénieurs talentueux, en partageant vos connaissances et votre expertise.
  • 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
  • Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components
  • Experience working in large-scale distributed systems
  • A strong command of fundamental algorithms and data structures
  • 5+ years of professional expertise in at least one object oriented language, preferably Java
  • 5+ years professional experience with SQL and relational databases, including designing schemas and writing detailed SQL queries
Required Skills
software development mentoring communication process improvement collaboration distributed systems Java SQL compensation
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