Staff Software Engineer, Shopping Marketplaces (CAN)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: CA$138K - CA$231K

NerdWallet’s Shopping Marketplaces Team is focused on organic growth, owning high-traffic shopping experiences in Credit Cards and Wealth (Banking and Investing). The team’s mission is to create best-in-class, data-driven shopping experiences to help users make smarter financial decisions. This team operates at the intersection of technology, experimentation, and product excellence, building fast, intuitive, and highly optimized pages. They collaborate with business stakeholders and SEO strategists to push the boundaries of organic.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer who is both a technical leader and hands-on builder. This role focuses on front-end development, with a strong emphasis on design, UI/UX, accessibility, and web performance. You’ll lead initiatives to enhance Core Web Vitals (CWV), technical SEO, and observability, ensuring shopping experiences are fast, user-friendly, and optimized for discovery. The role also involves working on back-end APIs and integrating with Machine Learning systems for personalization and data-driven decision-making. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll collaborate with engineering leadership to influence the roadmap, contribute to best practices, and drive architectural projects balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability.

Requirements

• Strong front-end development skills
• Experience with UI/UX design principles
• Understanding of accessibility best practices
• Knowledge of web performance optimization techniques
• Experience with SEO and technical SEO
• Familiarity with back-end APIs and data integration
• Ability to work with Machine Learning systems (a plus)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of NerdWallet’s highest-traffic organic pages by improving performance, SEO, and user engagement.
• Partner with product, SEO, and data teams to run experiments, measure impact, and iterate quickly.
• Take input from and partner directly with engineering leadership to drive technical initiatives to enhance performance, observability, scalability, security and developer experience.
• Contribute to platform stability and resilience through effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management.
• Ensure high standards of technical excellence, maintaining a high-quality codebase and modernizing the stack.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence across the team.
• Set the pace, ensuring both high-quality execution and fast iteration.

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