Title: Full Stack Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (Based in the U.S.)

• At NerdWallet, we are passionate about building delightful user experiences and creating consumer products that impact millions of users.
• We are looking for talented Senior Full Stack Engineers who will help us innovate and shape our products and services as we expand into new verticals.
• Our engineers are dedicated to changing how consumers interact with their finances and work in partnership with product owners and designers to evolve our product into a clean and seamless experience.
• The successful candidate enjoys building beautiful interfaces and connecting them to complex back end systems.
• You will be a crucial member of our engineering team and help design, build, and maintain systems necessary to continue our rapid growth.
• NerdWallet Engineering offers a culture of constant learning and knowledge sharing; we are passionate about metrics and experimentation.
• Engineers are organized into cross-functional multidisciplinary teams and work closely with stakeholders.
• Our stack is based on Python and React, and we continue to expand our toolbox to use the best technologies for the job.

Where you can make an impact:

• Design and lead the development of high-performance, secure, scalable and delightful consumer-first experiences that improve the lives for millions of users.
• Build out the service architecture that interfaces the front-end stack to seamlessly talk to our identity services, data layer or business partner APIs.
• Architect, develop and drive improvements to our evolving backend and frontend infrastructure.
• Implement product features that have a direct impact on user engagement and monetization.

You are:

• Customer focused: You are passionate about creating web applications that improve the lives for millions of users and building delightful user experiences.
• Communicative and collaborative: You are able to work effectively with others. You will be working closely with other engineers, designers, product managers, user research scientists and customer groups to build product features and high quality products.
• A Leader and owner: You have demonstrated feature development ownership, can lead by example and enjoy mentoring and inspiring other engineers.

Your experience:

We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria below and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

• 2+ years of engineering experience with a proven track record of building consumer web applications or services.
• Advanced programming skills developing using client-side JavaScript and HTML/CSS.
• Experience in building highly scalable web services and building/using RESTful APIs and proficiency in Python, Ruby or PHP.
• Experience with Node.js, Express.js and React/Flux/Redux a plus.
• Strong understanding, building and debugging of scalable, high performance web applications built with reusability and componentization in mind.
• Familiarity with Single Page Application Frameworks (React, Angular, Backbone), responsive design and MVC design patterns.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field preferred. You should be able to demonstrate superior understanding of CS fundamentals.

Where:

• This role will be based in San Francisco, or remote (based in the U.S.).
• We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What we offer:

Work hard, stay balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy Flexible Time Off + 13 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 through Ginger.io
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Weekly Virtual Bootcamp, Yoga, and Mindfulness Meditation sessions
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives Intramural Sports, Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity and Inclusion, Womxn, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons, Happy Hours, and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like Little Nerds Day (aka bring your kids to work day, even if you’re remote!) and our annual Charity Auction

Lifestyle (Be your best self – we’ll take care of the details)

• Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward Donate to your favorite causes with a company match
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
• Anniversary recognition program choose from different items and experiences
• Commuting stipend

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• 401K with company match
• Annual Enrichment Stipend for learning and development
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Access to Rocket Lawyer for online legal support and resources

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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