ABOUT US

NextCapital is the leader in enterprise digital advice. NextCapital partners with world-class institutions to deliver personalized planning and managed accounts to individual investors, whether they’re saving for retirement in a 401(k) or IRA or investing in a taxable brokerage account. Our open-architecture digital advice solution provides better outcomes for our partners and individual investors by offering integrated account aggregation, analytics, planning and portfolio management, and customizable advice methodology and fiduciary roles.

***At this time, NextCapital does not offer future work sponsorship for this position***

JOIN OUR TEAM

We're looking for talented and highly motivated software engineers to join our team. As a growth stage technology company, NextCapital is seeking developers eager to be part of a team, working closely with every part of the company from graphic designers to the executive team. Learn more about us at www.themuse.com/companies/nextcapital

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Write high quality, well-tested and scalable code
• Evaluate the short- and long-term implications of every implementation decision
• Learn from other accomplished software engineers through pair coding
• Mentor interns to help them learn and grow professionally
• Take your dev chops to the next level
• Make an immediate impact by quickly getting up to speed and building features from start to finish

WHERE THIS ROLE MAY LEAD YOU

• Participating in design of features and architecting components
• Ownership of components of NextCapital's codebase
• Leading a team for a project or milestone
• Helping other developers as a subject matter expert

Requirements

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• You have experience building software or web applications with object oriented or functional programming languages. than any particular language. We do prefer experience with ruby/rails, javascript, or java. However, we care more about clean, well designed and scalable code.
• You love tackling really tough problems, and value the correct solution over a sloppy one
• You have a passion for software development, with side projects to prove it
• You understand test-driven-development, and you’re a capable debugger
• You’re comfortable reading & writing code, and can describe what each part of the code is doing
• You’re passionate about our mission to democratize financial advice and help everyone retire successfully

Benefits

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

• Disrupt the financial advice industry by bringing affordable, easy to use financial tools to millions of people
• Have a direct impact on the growth and scale of the company
• Enjoy a laid back work environment & learn from FinTech’s best & brightest
• Receive great benefits like stock options, 401(k) match, and top notch health benefits
• As the COVID-19 pandemic cools down, participate in company-sponsored cornhole leagues, Thursday After Hours (cards, video games, treats), company outings, wine tastings, fantasy sports leagues, hackathons and other fun events
• Relax with monthly, company wide, guided meditation sessions
• Participate in women in tech events and service days at local organizations
• Enjoy “Summer Hours” whereby our firm is ‘closed’ every Friday afternoon from April 23, 2021 through Labor Day

• Enjoy the flexibility of working fully remote, partially remote, fully physical, or a mashup of each. And whatever you choose, enjoy a newly built-out office on Michigan Avenue with a view of Millennium Park and Lake Michigan
• And, yes, in our physical space, you can sip locally roasted coffee, kombucha, or craft beer at your modular sitting/standing desk