Senior Software Engineer

About the role

As a Software Engineer at Wealth.com, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and scaling the backend systems that power our estate planning, tax planning, and AI-driven products. These products are utilized by tens of thousands of financial advisors and their clients.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services that power Wealth.com's products — including APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with enterprise wealth management platforms
• Take features from spec through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring; own what you ship
• Write production-grade TypeScript code with strong testing, observability, and operational discipline
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate ambiguous problems into well-scoped technical solutions
• Contribute to system design decisions around scalability, reliability, security, and performance
• Participate in code review, technical design discussions, and on-call rotations as the team grows
• Help shape engineering culture, tooling, and best practices as we scale the org

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping backend systems to production
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, or deep experience in another typed language (Java, Go, C#, Kotlin, Rust) with demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into TypeScript
• Hands-on experience designing and operating systems at meaningful scale — handling real traffic, real data volumes, and real users
• Solid grasp of backend fundamentals: API design (REST/gRPC), relational and NoSQL databases, messaging/event-driven systems, caching, and concurrency
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD workflows
• Production-grade operational mindset: logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, incident response, and a track record of supporting what you ship
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous, startup environment where priorities shift and you're expected to drive your own work
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to collaborate across product, design, and other engineering teams

Bonus

• Prior experience at an early or growth-stage startup, ideally one where you helped scale systems from early traction through significant growth
• Experience in fintech, wealth management, or other regulated environments (compliance, audit, PII handling)
• Background in AI/ML infrastructure, LLM-powered product development, or document processing (OCR, extraction pipelines)
• Experience integrating with enterprise platforms used by financial institutions (custodians, CRMs, portfolio management systems)
• Exposure to TypeScript ecosystem tools: Node.js, NestJS, tRPC, Prisma, PostgreSQL

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid in the NYC Office (3x a week)
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options, with low-cost premium structures that demonstrate our commitment to offering great value to our employees.
• 100% Company Paid Basic Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability
• 100% Paid Parental Leave upon eligibility
• 401k with Match and 100% vesting upon hire
• Flexible PTO in an environment where taking time off to relax or recharge is supported and encouraged
• Free estate planning for life!