Scale Engineer

Software Engineer

Backend Engineer · Mid · Full Time

Hybrid, New York, Tempe, San FranciscoUSD 100k – 135k1mo ago
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Role

What you'll do.

Join Wealth.com as a Backend Software Engineer to design and scale mission-critical systems powering the leading estate planning platform trusted by 1,000+ wealth management firms. You'll work on a TypeScript-first stack building APIs, data pipelines, and enterprise integrations that serve tens of thousands of financial advisors and their clients, with significant ownership from architecture through production deployment and monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Design and Develop Backend Services: Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services including REST APIs, GraphQL endpoints, data pipelines, and enterprise platform integrations that power estate planning, tax planning, and AI-driven products serving tens of thousands of financial advisors.
  • Own Complete Feature Lifecycle: Take features from specification and design through implementation, comprehensive testing, production deployment, and post-launch monitoring with operational excellence. Ensure production-grade code quality with strong observability and incident response capabilities.
  • Write Production-Grade TypeScript: Develop robust TypeScript backend code with emphasis on type safety, comprehensive test coverage, clear logging, metrics instrumentation, and tracing. Maintain high code quality standards through rigorous testing strategies and operational discipline.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to translate complex, ambiguous business problems into well-scoped, technically sound solutions. Facilitate technical discussions and design reviews to align implementation with product vision and engineering best practices.
  • System Design and Architecture: Contribute to critical system design decisions addressing scalability requirements, high-availability infrastructure, security posture, and performance optimization. Evaluate trade-offs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance for enterprise-grade systems.
  • Code Review and Technical Leadership: Participate actively in code reviews, technical design discussions, and mentoring of junior engineers. Help establish engineering best practices, tooling standards, and architectural patterns as the organization scales.
  • On-Call Operations: Join on-call rotation to ensure production system reliability. Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures. Maintain robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response protocols.
  • Engineer Culture and Innovation: Help shape and evolve engineering culture, development tooling, testing frameworks, and operational best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to building an innovative, collaborative engineering organization.

Qualifications

What we look for.

Technical

  • Backend Systems Development

    Proven production experience designing, building, and operating backend systems at meaningful scale. Must demonstrate hands-on expertise handling real traffic volumes, substantial data, and production-grade user bases with complex operational requirements.

  • TypeScript Proficiency

    Strong proficiency in TypeScript or deep, demonstrated expertise in another statically-typed language (Java, Go, C#, Kotlin, Rust) with ability to ramp quickly into TypeScript. Must be comfortable with Node.js runtime and async/await patterns.

  • Backend Fundamentals Mastery

    Solid grasp of core backend concepts including RESTful API design, gRPC, relational databases (SQL optimization, transactions), NoSQL systems, message queues and event-driven architecture, distributed caching strategies, and concurrent programming patterns.

  • Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps

    Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and modern CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with serverless architectures is beneficial.

  • Production Operations Mindset

    Deep experience with production operational discipline including structured logging frameworks, metrics collection and dashboards, distributed tracing systems, alert design, incident response procedures, and post-mortem analysis for reliability engineering.

  • Security and Compliance Fundamentals

    Understanding of secure coding practices, authentication/authorization patterns, encryption at rest and in transit, and foundational knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to fintech and financial services applications.

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (Preferred)

    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical software engineering experience demonstrating deep systems knowledge and problem-solving capabilities.

Experience

  • Professional Backend Development

    Minimum 3+ years of professional software engineering experience specifically shipping production backend systems to scale. Experience should demonstrate progression from individual contributor through increasingly complex system architecture and team collaboration.

  • Startup Environment Experience

    Comfort thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous startup environments where priorities shift rapidly, scope evolves continuously, and engineers are expected to own and drive their own work. Ability to balance shipping velocity with technical quality.

  • Full-Stack Feature Ownership

    Track record of taking features from conception through production monitoring and support. Demonstrates end-to-end ownership mentality, reliability focus, and commitment to supporting systems post-launch.

Skills

Required

  • TypeScript Backend Development

    Production-grade TypeScript backend engineering with Node.js, async/await patterns, event-driven architecture, and type safety practices.

  • REST API Design

    Design and implementation of RESTful APIs including HTTP semantics, proper status codes, request/response design, versioning strategies, and API security practices.

  • Database Design and Optimization

    SQL query optimization, transaction management, schema design, indexing strategies for relational databases, and understanding of database performance tuning.

  • Docker and Containerization

    Docker image creation, container best practices, containerized application deployment, and familiarity with container orchestration concepts.

  • CI/CD Pipelines

    Experience setting up and maintaining automated testing, building, and deployment pipelines using modern CI/CD tools for continuous integration and deployment.

  • System Observability

    Implementation and interpretation of structured logging, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and alerting for production system monitoring and debugging.

  • Collaborative Problem-Solving

    Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams including product, design, and engineering to solve complex technical challenges.

Preferred

  • FinTech and Regulated Environments

    Nice to have

    Prior experience in fintech, wealth management platforms, or other regulated industries with exposure to compliance requirements, audit processes, and sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) handling.

  • Enterprise Platform Integrations

    Nice to have

    Experience integrating with enterprise systems used by financial institutions including custodian platforms, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, portfolio management systems, and wealth management aggregation platforms.

  • AI/ML Infrastructure

    Nice to have

    Background in AI and machine learning infrastructure, large language model (LLM) powered product development, or document processing technologies including OCR and data extraction pipelines.

  • Modern TypeScript Ecosystem

    Nice to have

    Exposure to TypeScript ecosystem tools and frameworks including NestJS, tRPC, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL, and serverless frameworks for rapid backend development.

  • Growth-Stage Scaling

    Nice to have

    Prior experience at early or growth-stage startups where you actively participated in scaling backend systems from initial traction through significant production growth and increased system complexity.

  • Event-Driven Architecture

    Nice to have

    Experience designing and implementing event-driven systems, message queue technologies, and asynchronous communication patterns for scalable distributed systems.

Tech stack

Languages

TypeScriptSQL

Frameworks

Node.jsNestJStRPC

Databases

PostgreSQLNoSQL Databases

Tools

DockerKubernetesAWSGitPrisma

Other

REST API DevelopmentEvent-Driven ArchitectureDistributed Systems DesignObservability and Monitoring

Compensation

Pay and benefits.

Base·USD 100,000 – 135,000

Equity·Stock options

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary and Equity Compensation

    Market-competitive base salary paired with company equity managed through Carta, providing meaningful ownership stake in the platform's growth trajectory and long-term value creation.

  • Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits

    Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance options with deliberately structured low-cost premiums demonstrating company commitment to employee wellbeing. Includes 100% company-paid basic life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.

  • Work-Life Balance and Time Off

    Flexible paid time off (PTO) in a culture that genuinely supports taking time off to rest and recharge. Birthday holidays plus all standard holidays included, with company-wide commitment to sustainable work practices.

  • Retirement Planning

    401k retirement plan with employer match and 100% immediate vesting upon hire, enabling fast accumulation of retirement savings without vesting schedules.

  • Parental Support

    100% paid parental leave upon eligibility, supporting work-life balance for new parents with full income continuation during this important life transition.

  • Free Estate Planning Services

    Complimentary lifetime estate planning services provided through the Wealth.com platform, a unique perk that offers direct value to employees and their families.

  • Hybrid Work Arrangement

    Flexible hybrid schedule with office presence in NYC 3 days per week, providing collaboration and community benefits while maintaining flexibility and reduced commute burden.

  • Great Place to Work Certified Culture

    Certified Great Place to Work for 2025, indicating strong company culture, employee satisfaction, trust in leadership, and collaborative work environment focused on innovation and inclusion.

Process

Interview steps.

  1. 01

    Application Screening

    Initial review of your resume, engineering background, and demonstrated experience with backend systems, TypeScript or similar languages, and production-scale projects.

  2. 02

    Technical Phone Screen

    First-round conversation with an engineer focused on your background, technical depth in backend systems, API design experience, database fundamentals, and approach to production operational concerns like monitoring and incident response.

  3. 03

    System Design Interview

    Technical interview assessing your ability to design scalable backend systems. Expect discussions around APIs, data storage, messaging patterns, caching strategies, and architectural trade-offs for systems serving large user bases.

  4. 04

    Coding Interview

    Technical coding assessment testing backend problem-solving skills, algorithm proficiency, code quality, testing approach, and ability to communicate your thinking throughout the implementation.

  5. 05

    Domain and Product Context Interview

    Discussion with an engineer about your understanding of fintech, wealth management, estate planning domain concepts, or your ability to learn these areas. Assessment of curiosity, domain knowledge transfer, and collaborative approach to learning.

  6. 06

    Hiring Manager Interview

    Final conversation with the hiring manager to assess cultural fit, collaboration style, growth mindset, startup comfort level, and alignment with team dynamics and company values.

Full posting

Original listing.

About Us

Wealth.com is the industry's leading estate planning platform, empowering more than 1,000 wealth management firms to modernize the delivery of estate planning guidance to their clients. As the only tech-led, end-to-end platform built specifically for financial institutions, Wealth.com enables firms to drive scale, efficiency, and measurable client impact. Trusted by some of the largest names in finance, Wealth.com combines proprietary AI, robust security, and deep technological and legal expertise to serve the full range of client needs, from foundational plans to the most sophisticated estate strategies. The company has been widely recognized for innovation and leadership, winning Top Estate Planning Technology and Top Estate Planning Implementation at the 2025 WealthManagement.com Industry Awards, being named the 2024 Best Technology Provider in the Trust category, and earning #1 in estate planning market share in the 2025 Kitces AdvisorTech Study.

Our team is fundamental to our standing as the leading estate planning platform. We cultivate a collaborative and supportive environment, fostering innovation and making Wealth.com a truly enjoyable workplace. Wealth.com is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for 2025.

The Opportunity

As a Software Engineer at Wealth.com, you will help design, build, and scale the backend systems powering our estate planning, tax planning, and AI-driven products used by tens of thousands of financial advisors and their clients. You'll work on a TypeScript-first stack alongside engineers who have shipped production software at scale, and you'll have significant ownership over the systems you build — from architecture and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.

We're hiring across multiple product areas (estate planning, tax planning, Esther AI, platform/integrations) and will match strong engineers to the team where they're most excited to contribute.

Your Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate backend services that power Wealth.com's products — including APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with enterprise wealth management platforms

  • Take features from spec through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring; own what you ship

  • Write production-grade TypeScript code with strong testing, observability, and operational discipline

  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate ambiguous problems into well-scoped technical solutions

  • Contribute to system design decisions around scalability, reliability, security, and performance

  • Participate in code review, technical design discussions, and on-call rotations as the team grows

  • Help shape engineering culture, tooling, and best practices as we scale the org

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping backend systems to production

  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript, or deep experience in another typed language (Java, Go, C#, Kotlin, Rust) with demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into TypeScript

  • Hands-on experience designing and operating systems at meaningful scale — handling real traffic, real data volumes, and real users

  • Solid grasp of backend fundamentals: API design (REST/gRPC), relational and NoSQL databases, messaging/event-driven systems, caching, and concurrency

  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD workflows

  • Production-grade operational mindset: logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, incident response, and a track record of supporting what you ship

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous, startup environment where priorities shift and you're expected to drive your own work

  • Strong written and verbal communication; able to collaborate across product, design, and other engineering teams

Bonus

  • Prior experience at an early or growth-stage startup, ideally one where you helped scale systems from early traction through significant growth

  • Experience in fintech, wealth management, or other regulated environments (compliance, audit, PII handling)

  • Background in AI/ML infrastructure, LLM-powered product development, or document processing (OCR, extraction pipelines)

  • Experience integrating with enterprise platforms used by financial institutions (custodians, CRMs, portfolio management systems)

  • Exposure to TypeScript ecosystem tools: Node.js, NestJS, tRPC, Prisma, PostgreSQL

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive Salary.

  • Hybrid in the NYC Office (3x a week)

  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options, with low-cost premium structures that demonstrate our commitment to offering great value to our employees.

  • 100% Company Paid Basic Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability

  • 100% Paid Parental Leave upon eligibility

  • Company equity managed through Carta.

  • 401k with Match and 100% vesting upon hire.

  • Flexible PTO in an environment where taking time off to relax or recharge is supported and encouraged.

  • Take time off for holidays—and yes, your birthday counts too. Celebrate, relax, and recharge without thinking twice.

  • Free estate planning for life!

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