Lead design and build of core web platform infrastructure and features, translate mobile experiences to web, implement frontend and backend services, drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, manage technical debt, and improve reliability and observability.
Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.
At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.
Greenlight is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack for our Web Core team. This is an exceptional, high-impact opportunity to help bring Greenlight's core product functionality to the web. As part of a horizontal platform team, you'll build and evolve the foundational systems that power web experiences across the organization, partnering with product and engineering teams to enable scalable, high-quality development. In addition to contributing across our frontend and backend services, you'll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and help drive engineering excellence across the platform.
This role reports to a Director, Engineering.
Work perks at Greenlight:
- Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match
- Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
- Traditional 401k with company match and Roth IRA
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays
- Professional development stipend
- Mental health resources
- 1:1 financial planners
- Fertility healthcare
- 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave
- Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities
- Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours
- Employee resource groups
Technologies we use:
- Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Modern build tools (Turborepo, etc.), Testing (Cypress, React Testing Library, Jest).
- Backend & Infrastructure: Node.js, Express, TypeScript, REST APIs, Kubernetes (EKS).
Your day-to-day:
- Lead the design and implementation of groundbreaking web experiences, translating mobile features to the web with world-class UX.
- Drive technical strategy, define engineering standards/best practices, mentor engineers, and establish the technical vision for the web platform.
- Manage technical debt, champion code quality, and lead architectural evolution.
- Design, modify, and develop backend services that power web products, ensuring systems scale and championing system reliability, performance, and observability.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent
- 7+ years of software development experience with a track record of technical leadership
- Deep expertise in React/Next.js/Remix
- Strong experience building REST APIs and backend services with Node.js/TypeScript
- Experience with modern build tools, testing, and CI/CD.
Preferred experience:
- Experience with A/B testing/experimentation and modern MarTech tools (Segment, Optimizely, Mixpanel, Amplitude).
Our stance on salaries:
Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401K match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive.
The estimated base pay range for this position in (NY, CA, WA): $142,000- 210,000
The estimated base pay range for this position in (CO): $142,000- 177,000
Who we are:
It takes a special team to aim for a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We’re looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, “How can I help?” and then “How can we make this even better?” If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help create a world where every child grows up to be happy and healthy in money and life, apply to join our team.
Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview experience. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email [email protected].
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