Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Guideline as a Staff Software Engineer to build upon our growing line of products that bring the possibility of a safe retirement to more people. You will work remote and be part of a distributed team.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building consumer-facing software products, with 2+ years leading technical direction for a team of engineers
• Expertise in at least one backend language (Ruby, Python, etc.)
• Fundamental proficiency in the frontend framework React
• Well versed in operating one or more modern databases, designing scalable APIs, and building delightful user interfaces
• Familiarity with building and scaling a distributed systems environment built with Kubernetes, Docker, and GCP

Responsibilities

• Scope projects and design systems architecture for usability and scaling our products
• Bring modern software solutions to an antiquated financial industry using your expertise of building full stack software solutions
• Build elegant software from the ground up by creating user interfaces, using message queuing infrastructure, streamlining operations and designing systems architecture
• Work with a group of passionate technologists to help automate administrative tasks and build unique solutions to solve our users' problems

Benefits

• Flexible time off in addition to company holidays — We observe the NYSE Holiday Calendar
• 401(k) with matching contributions — We use our own platform and match 100% of the first 3% contributed, and 50% of the next 2% (for a max employer contribution of 4%)
• 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance for employees and 70% coverage for dependents
• Opt-out credit if all three plans are waived
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability and life insurance options
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching through Modern Health, for employees and their dependents
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Sabbatical after 5 years of employment
• Annual learning and development stipend — We reimburse approved professional development expenses, up to $750 per employee per year