Published: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:50:55 GMT
Position: Senior Software Engineer at Greenlight
Company Overview:
Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to empower parents to raise financially smart kids. We serve over 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. Our app allows parents to automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest, setting them up for financial health and happiness.
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our Web Core team at Greenlight. As a member of this team, you will be responsible for developing core web initiatives, including bringing our core Greenlight functionality to the web for the first time. You will also serve as a horizontal platform team, providing support and mentorship to other web developers, setting standards and best practices, and building common libraries. Additionally, you will be expected to contribute to our backend services as needed to achieve team goals.
This role reports to a Senior Engineering Manager and will work with a variety of technologies, including Node.js, React, NextJS, Remix, REST, Express, AWS, Kubernetes, and Kotlin (preferred).
Responsibilities:
– Collaborate with domain teams, product managers, and designers to bring different parts of the Greenlight mobile application experience to the web
– Support all web development within Greenlight as part of the web core team, including providing mentorship and support for other web teams, defining standards and best practices, and determining technologies
– Work in a strong team to quickly deliver on web products
– Balance new features and technical debt while continuously adding incremental features in collaboration with product and design teams
– Scale and maintain our backend services to support new feature requests and our growing user base
– Improve the reliability and availability of our platform, which supports our families and partners
Requirements:
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
– 3+ years of software development experience
– Ability to context switch frequently in a fast-paced environment
– Strong focus on performance, scalability, and observability
– Experience building single page applications using a modern framework
– Experience building REST APIs
– Recent experience building backend services using Node.js
– Understanding of the build/measure/learn process and lean startup skills
– Experience with A/B testing and experimentation (preferred)
– Familiarity with modern MarTech tools such as Segment, Optimizely, and Mixpanel (preferred)
Perks:
– Competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay
– Discretionary performance bonus and equity rewards
– Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match
– Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
– Traditional 401k with company match
– Unlimited PTO
– Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays
– Professional development stipends
– Mental health resources
– 1:1 financial planners
– Fertility healthcare
– 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave
– Flexible work from home options, both remote and in-office opportunities
– Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours
– Employee resource groups
Salary:
Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package, including a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401k match, and more. The estimated base pay range for this position varies by location, experience, and skill set.
– (NY, CA, WA): $142,000-185,000
– (CO): $142,000-170,000
Company Culture:
At Greenlight, we believe in our mission to create a better, brighter future for the next generation. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about this mission and who love working together to make it a reality. Our team is collaborative, supportive, and always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We value diversity and inclusivity and are committed to providing an inclusive work environment and interview experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Inclusive Hiring Process:
Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview process. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email [email protected]. Apply link