Senior Backend Engineer, Growth Team

At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values.

Lead With Heart - With compassion, integrity, and tenacity, inspire yourself and others to move past all previous thresholds of possibility

Make Bold Decisions - We are creating a new world. Be optimistic, adventurous, and courageous. Leap fearlessly into the future

Always Build Trust - Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you say you’re going to do. We are all owners. We are one team

Never Stop Growing - Change IS the constant. Stay hungry and curious. Be relentless in the pursuit of progress

Find a way - Never settle, no excuses, nothing is impossible. Just make it happen

Our values guide us, and our mission drives us. Come join us and help deliver financial wellness for the whole family, putting the tools of wealth-making into everyone’s hands.

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Sr. Software Engineer (Growth Team) | Acorns

Acorns is seeking experienced software engineers for our Growth team who have a passion for building robust, scalable, software and systems for customer focused financial and educational products, love learning new technologies on the job, think creatively to solve complex problems, and enjoy working collaboratively.

The Growth team is responsible for building and supporting highly reliable and scalable services that support user onboarding and financial education for millions of customers. We are a highly autonomous team that promotes an operational centric, customer first culture.

As an engineer on the Growth team, you will be responsible for making operational improvements to existing services while building new services that provide unique experiences for Acorns customers. You will be expected to take an active role in helping to define the evolution of these services and lead other teams to maintain healthy operations. We like to learn and are curious about new technologies that will help us build better services. Our current stack includes: GraphQL, Typescript, Ruby on Rails, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS and an array of other AWS services.

This role has the option to be remote or based in our Irvine, CA, or New York, NY offices.

What you will do at Acorns:

• Learn the architecture, services, and technical decisions that power our onboarding and customer identification systems, and begin shadowing our production on-call rotation.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, customer-facing services that support user onboarding and financial education for millions of users.

• Improve the performance and reliability of existing systems, with a strong focus on operational excellence and a customer-first mindset.

• Contribute to process improvements around code reviews, deployments, and testing, while supporting our CI/CD pipeline and at-will deployment practices.

• Take an active role in defining the technical evolution of our services and lead collaboration with other teams to ensure operational health.

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to deliver high-quality features using our modern tech stack: GraphQL, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, ECS, and more.

• Build meaningful connections by engaging in community events and global all-hands sessions with our GoHenry and PixPay partners.

• Broaden your impact by learning about technical initiatives across the org, and increase your influence as a senior engineer.

What you will bring to Acorns:

• 6-10+ years of relevant experience building and supporting production software

• Expertise with SQL and/or NoSQL databases

• Experience leading API design and implementation (REST/GraphQL)

• Strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms

• Strong understanding of algorithms, time complexity, data structures and design patterns

• Strong track record of good software engineering practices such as code reviews, deep focus on quality and documentation

• Thirst for delivering game-changing products

• Exceptional drive and precision in delivery

• A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission

• Optimistic about the potential of societal change

You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.  

What we offer: 

• Competitive salary and stock options

• A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family

• Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off 

• 401(k) matching

• Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family

• Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth

• Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)

• Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders

• Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events

• Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.

• The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Acorns is a financial wellness app that helps everyday people and families save and invest money for the long term. Since 2014, Acorns has grown into a global company with multiple life-stage products serving the needs of kids, teens, adults, and parents. Named one of Time’s “World’s Best Brands of 2024,” Acorns has helped over 14 million people save & invest over $25 billion dollars, much of it from spare change and small amounts.

Management Principles:

• Managers are constantly raising the bar

• Managers ensure all team members have a voice and a path

• No surprises - Managers give and receive feedback early and often

• Managers continuously assess performance action on concerns quickly

• Managers foster a resilient, results-oriented mindset

Compensation Information:

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $184,500 and $217,100/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, equity grants, and discretionary cash bonus awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Work Authorization:

Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information about E-Verify, please visitwww.e-verify.gov