Frontend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Wealthfront's team as a Software Engineer in New York City, supporting remote work. You'll collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and develop new products and features for wealth management clients. Responsibilities include building client-facing features, improving infrastructure, and participating in recruiting and mentorship. This role requires 2-6 years of web engineering experience, strong JavaScript skills, and a computer science degree. Wealthfront offers a competitive salary, equity, bonuses, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401k, generous time off, parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 2-6 years in a web-focused engineering role
• A deep understanding of JavaScript, including standard ES5+, native DOM APIs, and ideally at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc)
• You have either a BS or MS in computer science or related field

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with backend and mobile engineers, designers, and product managers to build new features and enhance existing features
• Join other web engineers to triage and resolve operational issues, ensuring that mission-critical web systems and services operate smoothly across the web platform
• Help with web platform infrastructure projects to improve the health and performance of our systems and increase product delivery velocity
• Participate in recruiting activities such as interviewing
• Provide mentorship to other engineers on the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar server-side frameworks (such as Express or Django)
• Experience working with design to build custom pages and components, with a focus on page speed performance and writing custom CSS to create pages that are responsive across a variety of screen sizes
• Real passion for working on projects that have a measurable business impact and like working in a fast-paced cross-functional environment
• Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental
• 401K plan
• Generous time off
• Parental leave
• Wellness reimbursements
• Professional development
• Employee investing discount
• Pair you with a mentor who will guide you through our structured onboarding program
• Encourage you to work on projects that match your professional goals
• Support your professional development by providing feedback during weekly 1:1s and our bi-annual reviews
• Provide autonomy so you can be a happy and successful member of our team