SmartAsset

Senior Software Engineer

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Services, Fintech, Content ManagementIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified

SmartAsset is on a mission to help people get better Financial Advice. Our vision is to be the web’s go-to resource for financial advice, powering the largest marketplace connecting consumers with financial advisors and financial products. We have raised $110 Million in Series D Funding, bringing our valuation to over $1 Billion to further fuel SmartAsset’s continued growth of its market-defining SmartAdvisor platform. Today, SmartAsset reaches more than 100 million people each month through its personal finance content, custom tools, and personalized calculators. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator’s list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2020.

SmartAsset has been featured in hundreds of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, TechCrunch, The New York Times, CNBC, FOX Business, The Washington Post, U.S. News World Report, TIME, Reuters, Businessweek, and Barron’s.

About the Team:

You’ll be working with a new and growing team that is responsible for the content management architecture at SmartAsset. This team is working to build out the future content management systems to create, serve, and innovate on the financial information that attracts our users and has built our brand. Your role on this team will involve working on both front and backend services as we build and migrate our new content management system while working closely with our organizational architects to design the future of how we serve content.

About the Job:

Responsibilities:

  • Engage in a highly collaborative team environment where you will deliver software following best-practice principles using Agile methodology.
  • Build and maintain full-stack enterprise technology solutions that scale and represent our brand to our users.
  • Partner with our Product team to identify opportunities to streamline how we create, structure, and deliver content.
  • Integrate with third-party tools and our internal Data teams to facilitate critical feature experimentation and sharpen the content we provide.
  • Partner with our architects to design an enterprise Content Management architecture that can grow and serve the needs of our business for years to come.
  • Identify opportunities to adopt new technologies or team processes that can improve the quality and efficiency of the software we build and deliver.

Skills / Experience You Have:

  • 5+ years of experience building full-stack web applications.
  • Strong experience building, shipping, scaling, and operating Java web applications.
  • Strong experience with ReactJS and NodeJS frameworks and building modular content for the modern web.
  • Proficient with SQL and comfortable working with relational databases.
  • Strong knowledge of Git or other source control tools.
  • Experience designing complex cloud solutions based on AWS and the ability to plan the implementation of these solutions.
  • Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking skills.

Skills

Full-Stack Development
Enterprise Technology Solutions
Content Management Systems
Agile Methodology
Backend Services
Frontend Development
Content Architecture

SmartAsset

Provides financial decision-making tools and resources

About SmartAsset

SmartAsset offers free interactive tools and calculators that help individuals make informed financial decisions on topics like home buying, retirement planning, and personal loans. These resources are designed by personal finance experts to simplify complex financial choices for users who may lack the time or expertise to navigate them. Unlike competitors, SmartAsset generates revenue through partnerships and advertising, connecting users with local financial advisors and earning fees for referrals. The company's goal is to empower users to make better financial choices by providing accessible tools and expert guidance.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2011Year Founded
$156.1MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Remote flexibility
Medical, dental, & vision coverage
Life/AD&D insurance
FSA
401K
Equity packages
PTO
Parental leave
EAP
Pet insurance
Home office stipend
Health & wellness stipend
Monthly food delivery stipend

Risks

Emerging fintech startups offering similar tools could dilute SmartAsset's market share.
Rapid evolution of AI-driven platforms may outpace SmartAsset's current technology.
Changes in consumer privacy regulations could impact SmartAsset's data collection practices.

Differentiation

SmartAsset offers a comprehensive suite of free, interactive financial tools and calculators.
The company connects users with financial advisors, earning fees for successful referrals.
SmartAsset's resources are created by personal finance experts, ensuring reliable information.

Upsides

SmartAsset benefits from growing interest in digital financial tools among millennials and Gen Z.
The company is well-positioned in the expanding financial wellness market promoting financial literacy.
Rising demand for personalized financial advice supports SmartAsset's business model.

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