Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Guideline's expanding engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer! You'll be a Full Stack Engineer on an agile team, building products focused on retirement planning. This role involves designing systems architecture, developing full-stack solutions, and collaborating with passionate technologists. You'll bring modern software solutions to a traditional industry, creating user interfaces and streamlining operations. Guideline offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 7+ 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

• Health Medical, dental, and vision insurance — We offer multiple plan options with varying company premium contributions Opt-out credit for waiving coverage
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Company paid disability and life insurance
• Optional Voluntary life insurance
• Mental health benefit navigation with Rula for employees and dependents
• Parental Leave Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Generous Time Off Flexible time off in addition to company holidays — We observe the NYSE Holiday Calendar
• 401(k) Plan We use our own platform and contribute 100% of employee contributions up to 5%
• Other Benefits 1-month paid Sabbatical after 5 years of employment
• Annual learning and development stipend — We reimburse approved professional development expenses, up to $750 per employee per year
• In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to receive equity in the form of Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)