Senior Software Engineer – DevOps Platform

Wealthfront Corporation; New York, Palo Alto (NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its DevOps team in New York. This role involves maintaining infrastructure via automation, troubleshooting Linux systems, and developing software in Java or Go. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years of experience and a degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Competitive salary range of $172,000 - $228,000 plus equity and bonus.

Benefits

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401K plan

Generous time off

Parental leave

Wellness reimbursements

Professional development

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing reliable production-grade software.
• Extensive experience with running and troubleshooting modern Linux systems.
• Proficiency with at least one automation technology.

Responsibilities

• Maintain core infrastructure by automating application deployment.
• Triaging and fixing operational issues as an on-call engineer.
• Design and deploy internal tools to accelerate productivity.

Skills

Linux systems management

Software development in Java or Go

Automation technologies (Terraform, Chef)

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

MariaDB

NGINX

Jenkins

Chef

Kibana

Grafana

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Devops team, where you will blend system administration and software engineering skills to build and maintain software that manages the infrastructure and services running in our data centers, which ultimately power all of our products.

Wealthfront’s Infrastructure team is a team of “Generalists with Expertise” who adhere to the principles of “infrastructure-as-code” and bring strategic expertise for designing, implementing, maintaining, and improving our infrastructure.

We're a modern infrastructure engineering team, believing strongly in automation and standardization through software. We operate in both physical data centers and cloud environments, and leverage open source technologies such as containers, MariaDB, NGINX, Jenkins, Chef, Kibana, and Grafana to deliver automated infrastructure to our clients and every member of the Engineering team.

As a member of the Infrastructure team, you will:

• Maintain our core infrastructure by writing software to automate application deployment, configure our infrastructure, and manage critical services such as our databases.
• Ensure that mission critical services operate reliably by triaging and fixing operational issues as an on-call engineer, participating in post-mortems, and implementing improvements to prevent future issues.
• Design, implement, and deploy internal tools and services to accelerate productivity of the wider Engineering team and enable direct ownership of operations.
• Help manage our server hardware in our physical data centers which may occasionally include travel to our Bay Area or New Jersey data centers for onsite projects.
• Be involved in key decisions regarding the evolution of our infrastructure
• Mentor junior members of the team

This role could be a fit if you have:

• Extensive experience with running and troubleshooting modern Linux systems and services in production
• 6+ years of experience developing reliable production-grade software in Java, Go, or other similar languages
• Proficiency with at least one automation technology such as Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
• Successfully designed and deployed mission-critical complex distributed systems
• Excellent critical thinking and communications skills with a desire to both learn from and educate your peers
• A BS or MS in Computer Science or an Engineering field, or equivalent professional experience

Once you join, Wealthfront will:

• Pair you with a 1:1 mentor to guide you through our onboarding program.
• Encourage you to lead impactful projects which match your professional goals.
• Support your professional development by providing feedback during weekly 1:1s and during our bi-annual reviews.
• Give you autonomy so you can be a happy and successful member of our team.

Estimated annual salary range: $172,000 - $228,000 USD plus equity and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401K plan, generous time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursements, professional development, employee investing discount, and more!

About Wealthfront

Wealthfront is a financial services company that creates a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.