Summary
Wealthfront is a financial technology company that builds low-cost, technology-driven financial products to help clients grow and manage their wealth. The Software Engineer, Frontend will develop client-facing features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, resolve operational issues, improve web platform infrastructure and developer productivity, and mentor other engineers.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with backend and mobile engineers, designers, and product managers to build new features and enhance existing features
- Join other web engineers to triage and resolve operational issues, ensuring that mission-critical web systems and services operate smoothly across the web platform
- Help with web platform infrastructure projects to improve the health and performance of our systems and increase product delivery velocity
- Participate in recruiting activities such as interviewing
- Provide mentorship to other engineers on the team
Skills
- 2-5 years in a web-focused engineering role
- A deep understanding of JavaScript, including standard ES5+, native DOM APIs, and ideally at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc)
- Experience working with design to build custom pages and components, with a focus on page speed performance and writing custom CSS to create pages that are responsive across a variety of screen sizes
- Real passion for working on projects that have a measurable business impact and like working in a fast-paced cross-functional environment
- Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing
- You have either a BS or MS in computer science or related field
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar server-side frameworks (such as Express or Django) is a plus
Qualifications
Must Haves
- 2-5 years in a web-focused engineering role
- A deep understanding of JavaScript, including standard ES5+, native DOM APIs, and ideally at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc)
- Experience working with design to build custom pages and components, with a focus on page speed performance and writing custom CSS to create pages that are responsive across a variety of screen sizes
- Real passion for working on projects that have a measurable business impact and like working in a fast-paced cross-functional environment
- Experience with test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing
- You have either a BS or MS in computer science or related field
Nice to Haves
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar server-side frameworks (such as Express or Django) is a plus
Benefits
- Equity
- A discretionary bonus
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401K plan
- Generous time off
- Parental leave
- Wellness reimbursements
- Professional development
- Employee investing discount
- US-based remote work or Palo Alto, CA-based hybrid in-office
- A mentor who will guide you through our structured onboarding program
- Projects that match your professional goals
- Feedback during weekly 1:1s and bi-annual reviews
- Autonomy