Senior Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer to support a critical product team by building, maintaining, and optimizing the backend infrastructure that powers innovative financial features. This team is focused on helping registered users build and manage their financial portfolios with confidence. This role is essential in enabling frontend engineers to focus on delivering user experiences by developing scalable backend systems that integrate multiple internal and third-party data sources. Success in this role means deeply understanding frontend and product goals, proactively designing backend solutions, and delivering reliable, high-performance services that elevate the overall user experience. You’ll work independently to drive technical execution, while collaborating closely with cross-pod backend engineers, product managers, engineering leadership, and third-party integration partners to ensure systems are robust, efficient, and well-aligned with our broader platform strategy.

In Short

• Provide accurate and performant data retrieval from multiple sources to enable frontend engineers to build responsive, data-driven user experiences.
• Lead the development, maintenance, observability and scaling of the team’s backend infrastructure to ensure a stable, extensible, and high-performing data foundation.
• Implement best practices for service reliability, observability, and security to ensure system resilience and maintainability.
• Communicate with product, engineering, and third-party integration partners to align technical execution with business goals and ensure well-informed, organized projects.
• Report project scope, technical risks, and timelines to engineering leadership to enable proactive resource planning and prioritization.
• Partner with Product Management to provide technical insights into product decisions to ensure feasibility and alignment with backend capabilities.
• Be a driver of technical excellence, actively participating in our effort to continuously improve our craft.
• Collaborate with cross-pod backend engineers in standardizing backend patterns and tools to enhance maintainability and efficiency of services.
• Be an engaged product owner, offering your thoughts and ideas regarding our financial products’ development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Demonstrated success working in backend infrastructure
• Experience managing and organizing several ongoing projects at once
• 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and APIs
• Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL
• Advanced knowledge in Python and Go
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science
• Experience communicating with third party vendors
• Strong proficiency in monitoring and observability tools
• Leadership of large-scale software projects involving multiple engineers and a large stakeholder group
• Experience in consumer credit, financial institutions and protocols, personal finance, or investment products

Benefits

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• 401K with company match