Staff Software Engineer: Full-Stack Leader (Remote)

NerdWallet; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading healthcare plans

Flexible vacation time

Monthly wellness stipend

Paid sabbatical after 5 years

401K with company match

Job summary

NerdWallet is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Consumer Engineering to lead complex technical work across the full stack. This role emphasizes hands-on coding, mentoring team members, and ensuring production reliability.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js, and will contribute to high-quality software delivery and architecture decisions while maintaining a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of software engineering experience as a Full-stack web developer with a frontend bias.
• Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architecture for complex features.
• Mentor and uplevel engineers through actionable code reviews.
• Collaboratively roadmap large tracks of work.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Next.js

Production experience at scale

Full-stack web development

Observability tools (DataDog)

AI software-development tools

Job description

NerdWallet is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Consumer Engineering to lead complex technical work across the full stack. This role emphasizes hands-on coding, mentoring team members, and ensuring production reliability.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Next.js, and will contribute to high-quality software delivery and architecture decisions while maintaining a collaborative team environment.