Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Acorns
Community Building
$174.8-205.7k
Saving & investing app
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Saving & investing app
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$174.8-205.7k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering step of micro-investing.
Role
Who you are
- Built social or engagement systems at scale with feeds, referral flows, notification infrastructure, social graphs, or real-time interactions at a gaming or consumer social company
- Owned a feature end-to-end across the full stack: you designed the data model, wrote the API, shipped the client, and monitored it in production
- Shipped production features across more than one client platform (iOS, Android, or Web) - you have depth in at least one and have demonstrated you can build in the others with ramp-up time and modern tooling
- Instrumented a growth or engagement feature with analytics events and used the data to drive meaningful iteration
- Worked in a fast-moving, low-process environment where you drove your own work without waiting to be told what to build next
- Used AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Copilot, or similar code-generation tools) as genuine accelerators - you see them as force multipliers, and have a clear point of view on how to use them well
- Written production code or had exposure in two or more of the following technologies: Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Typescript, Dart, or Python that served millions of users
- Built something - a side project, an open source tool, a game mechanic - because you wanted to, not because someone asked you to
What the job involves
- As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer on this team, you’ll build the systems and features that power Acorns’ organic growth engine. Social graphs, engagement loops, referral mechanics, real-time interactions, sharing flows, the infrastructure that makes a product spread.
- You’ll own your features end-to-end: API design, server logic, implementation, instrumentation, and iteration. You’ll work directly with the CEO, a Senior Product Manager and a Senior Product Designer
- This is end-to-end ownership from early concept through shipped product on features where what you build will reach millions of people who are often investing for the first time
- Build the mechanics that make a product spread including referral systems, social sharing flows, engagement loops, and real-time features that drive Acorns’ organic growth
- Own features end-to-end from data model to shipped customer experience, across mobile and web, with full accountability for quality and performance in production
- Deliver features end-to-end across iOS, Android, Web, and backend services, moving fluidly between platforms depending on what each initiative requires, and leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate work in less-familiar codebases
- Instrument your work properly: define the events, build the visibility, and use data to iterate fast
- Take full ownership of the technical bar and architecture, while upholding engineering standards, where your decisions have outsized impact and every voice counts
- Partner directly with the CEO, a Senior PM, and a Senior Designer in a tight, high-trust team that moves fast and ships things people actually use
Our take
Acorns is an investment app for individuals and families, focusing on smaller scale investments, savings and retirement planning. The app allows you to set up accounts for yourself and your family members and, with money saving advice built in, its aim is to encourage saving.
Currently used by more than 8 million people, it uses bank-level security and offers a VISA credit card with the option to automatically save the ‘change’ from purchases. While there are certainly plenty of other financial wellness apps out there, Acorn sets itself apart with investment and savings products aimed at financially educating children. It's enhanced its services through smart acquisitions, such as student loan debt management company Pillar, AI-based debt reduction startup Harvest, and retirement account company Vault.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Mar 2022
$300m
SERIES F
Jan 2019
$105m
SERIES E
Total funding: $504m
Company benefits
- Healthcare - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and more
- 401k
- Equity
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Unlimited Udemy classes
- Monthly wellness hour and virtual yoga classes
- Flexible Work Hours
- Quarterly Team Outings
- Personal Development Plans
- Annual Compensation Reviews
- Recognition - Using a tool called Reflektive, we like to give shout-outs to teammates who raise the bar
- Bi-Weekly 1:1s
- MacBooks
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible Work Options
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Noah Kerner
(CEO & Chairman)Also Co-Founder at Give Kids Art. Previously Board Member at Save The Music and was the Co-Founder at Say.
Jeffrey Cruttenden
(Co-Founder)They were a Partner at Cruttenden Partners, before co-founding Acorns with Walter in February 2012. In April 2017, they also co-founded Say.
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