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Sr. Software Engineer

Betterment· Broker Dealer Engineering
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$175k - $215kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior backend engineer role within Betterment's Broker Dealer organization, focused on building, scaling, and maintaining core backend components for trading and money movement, with mentoring responsibilities and emphasis on delivering features with stability, performance, and security.

Responsibilities

  • Build innovative trading and money-movement technology that empowers people to make the most of their money so they can live better
  • Solve “impossible” problems. Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat
  • Uphold a standard of excellence in your work, continuously seeking improvement and welcoming guidance from more experienced engineers
  • Collaborate with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s software even better
  • Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible
  • Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering
  • Contribute to an environment of open communication where engineers feel empowered to share ideas and take initiative to solve problems that achieve company objectives

Qualifications

  • 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
  • A strong command of fundamental algorithms and data structures
  • Experience working in large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components
  • 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

Skills

Required:JavaSQL and relational databasesAlgorithms and data structuresDistributed systems

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); transit benefits and FSA and HSA options
  • Ownership: Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants.
  • Time: Flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.
  • Growth: Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
  • Wealth: Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Betterment

Automated investing & Financial planning

Betterment can help grow your money by making saving and investing easy. Invest in a tailored portfolio, set buckets for your goals, and earn rewards.

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