10h ago

Staff Engineer, User Trust

New York City

$200k-$238k / year

full-timelead Hybridfinance

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll build the systems and experiences that help users, partners, and regulators trust Betterment's platform, working on user privacy and compliance, account access, and fraud prevention. You'll collaborate across security, legal, risk, and product engineering to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Design and implement complex systems for user trust
  • Guide full stack development practices within the team
  • Collaborate with senior engineering leaders on technology advancement
  • Balance user experience, business goals, and control frameworks

📋 Requirements

  • Experience designing, building, and operating systems for fraud detection or risk mitigation
  • Proven experience scoping and leading technical projects from discovery through release
  • Experience in at least one server-side language like Ruby, Java, or Python
  • Experience building interactive web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks like React

✨ Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with building customer-facing tools requiring strong reliability and auditability
  • Exposure to domains involving identity, access, privacy, compliance, or financial workflows
  • Experience communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏖️ Flexible PTO
  • 🏥 Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 📈 401(k) with employer match
  • 🚗 Commuter and parking benefits
  • 🍽️ In-house chef lunch at NYC HQ

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 3-5 weeks

  1. 1Phone Screen· 30 min
  2. 2Technical Assessment· 60 min
  3. 3On-site Interviews· 3-4 hours
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