Security Engineer, Betterment
$145-170k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Betterment HQ, New York City)
Automated investing & financial planning
Open for applications
Automated investing & financial planning
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$145-170k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Betterment HQ, New York City)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience building software
- Experience and understanding of securing modern web apps (OWASP top 10, CWEs, and language specific application security issues)
- Experience with and an understanding of securing modern web apps
- Experience building high-availability distributed systems and services with any Object Oriented Programming language
- Experience with the Linux command line interface
- Experience with securing AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, VPCs)
- Experience with any of these technologies is a plus: GraphQL, React, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Terraform, Postgres
What the job involves
- The Security Engineering team is a trusted partner throughout the organization who work hard to make Betterment the most secure place for our customers’ money
- We do this by building tools for our development teams, improving the security and integrity of our systems, and adding monitoring and visibility into our services
- This helps us move faster and smarter, all while done within a highly regulated and secure environment
- We write, review, and advise in Ruby, Javascript, Java, and Python just to name a few of our popular languages
- We leverage a number of technologies to power our tools and platform, including AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, Terraform, Datadog, CircleCI, and Splunk
- As an engineer on the Security Engineering team, you'll help deliver new products, tools, and systems in a secure manner that make engineering more impactful and help keep our customers safe and happy!
- A day in the life
- Bolster security in systems such as CI/CD, sensitive data storage, mobile design, front end web services, and more
- Build software to keep our customers and company safe and secure
- Work on impactful engineering problems across Betterment
- Maintain high uptime for core services
- Provide guidance and education for security and software engineering excellence
Application process
- We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
- In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators
- Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment
- On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency
- As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision
- Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process
Our take
Betterment is an app-based investment platform that provides personal finance data and guidance to retail users through a range of real-world data and AI analytics to deliver investment advice to customers.
The company has become the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. Having expanded its 401k business, Betterment has entered the world of Crypto, partnering with Gemini to offer customized crypto portfolios and its "Crypto Investing by Betterment" platform.
Betterment has a wealth of competition in this increasingly crowded space. Other robo advisors offering similar services include Moneyfarm, Wealth Simple, M1 Finance and Personal Capital. Going forward, Betterment hopes to further distance itself from rivals as it further innovates its platform.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Jul 2017
$70m
SERIES E
Total funding: $335m
Company benefits
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.
- We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Employees welcoming little ones are eligible for our robust parental leave policy after six months of employment.
- We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments.
- Gain a stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ.
- We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Sarah Kirshbaum Levy
(CEO)Prior to joining Betterment in 2020, Sarah served as the COO for Viacom Media Networks.
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