Product Security Engineer, Betterment
$145-155k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Banking and investment app
Open for applications
Banking and investment app
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$145-155k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make people’s lives better.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience building software
- Experience building high-availability distributed systems and services with Python or Ruby
- Experience with Linux command line interface
- Experience with and an understanding of securing modern web apps
- Experience with exploiting common security vulnerabilities and fixing them
- 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
- Previous experience in a security-related role is a plus
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
- 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!
- 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
- Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
- 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
- We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-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
- Health and wellness: Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.©
- Generous time off: We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Paid parental leave: We welcome new additions to your family with 12-18 weeks of parental leave.
- Matching benefits: We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments
- Equity: Gain stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Free food: Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ
- Long-term health resources: We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Find your community: Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company values
- Pursue happiness
- Start with the customer
- Build relationships beyond the task
- Own it and lead it
- Iterate to breakthrough
- Embrace efficiency
- Create enduring quality
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Founders
Jonathan Stein
(Board Member)After studying Economics at Harvard, Jonathan worked as a Consultant at First Manhattan Consulting Group for over 4 years. He founded Betterment in 2007, serving as CEO until 2020 when he stepped down to Chairman of the Board.
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