Senior Software Engineer, Guideline
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Retirement plans for small business
Open for applications
Retirement plans for small business
201-500 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help everyone arrive at a secure retirement.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience building consumer-facing software products
- Experience programming in at least one backend language (like Ruby, Python, Go) and one modern frontend framework or rendering library (React, Vue, Angular)
- Working knowledge of relational databases, designing APIs, and security lifecycle best practices
- Familiarity with (or wants to learn) how to run modern distributed systems environments built with Kubernetes, Docker, and GCP
What the job involves
- Bring modern software solutions to an antiquated financial industry using your expertise of building full stack software solutions
- Build elegant software from the ground up by creating user interfaces, using message queuing infrastructure, streamlining operations and designing systems architecture
- Work with a group of passionate technologists to help automate administrative tasks and build unique solutions to solve our users' problems
- Lay the groundwork for further expansion into other financial services past 20,000 customers
Our take
When businesses offer a 401(K) plan, a message is sent to employees and potential employees that their future is valued by their employer. However, small businesses are often left behind, being charged extortionate fees or ignored by 401(K) providers altogether, leaving many American families with no retirement savings and the potential of retiring into poverty.
Guideline spotted this oversight as an opportunity to jump in and offer small businesses an affordable 401(K). It generates income by charging each business a flat monthly fee per participant.
The company now manages retirement plans for hundreds of thousands of people in over 40,000 companies and has accumulated over $8 billion in assets under management. Benefits providers Intuit, Gusto, and Square all use Guideline as their 401(K) partner.
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Employee endorsements
Nice people
"The people at Guideline are really nice, friendly, and helpful. We get to know other members a little better outside of work, and there is an effort..."
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Jul 2020
$80m
SERIES D
Total funding: $339m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans—100% for employees, 70% for dependents
- Generous 401(k) match
- Paid time off + unlimited vacation days
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health coaching and therapy
- Learning and development stipend
- Cash referral bonus
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Kevin Busque
(CEO)Majored in Computer Information Science at Fitchburg State University. Started out as an Advisory Unix Systems Administrator at IBM and then founded LinkedUp.net, an Open Source consulting company, in 1996. Acted as Chief Information Security Officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and was Director of IT at Humedica. Co-founded TaskRabbit in 2008, acting as its VP of Technology until 2015.
Mike Nelson
(CTO)Majored in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Was Mobile Developer and CTO at TechStars-backed Accelgolf from 2007 to 2010. Joined SkillSlate as Rails Engineer and CTO, before being hired by TaskRabbit as Staff Engineer in 2012.
Jeremy Caballero
(CPO)Started out as a Junior Programmer at Mail Boxes Etc. Worked as a Photographer and Videographer from 2007 to 2011, and then as a Freelance Digital Designer. Was Lead Designer at lifestyle adventure brand Targa Trophy before joining TargetSafety's UX team. Was made Lead Product Designer at TaskRabbit in 2012.
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