About the job
About Betterment
Betterment is a premier, technology-focused financial services company dedicated to offering innovative investing and retirement solutions for individual investors and financial advisors. Our commitment is to enhance financial well-being through accessible tools, including a 401(k) solution tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises. We are driven by a mission to empower individuals to build wealth with confidence and ease. Headquartered in the heart of NYC, we facilitate hybrid work arrangements with four days a week in the office.
About the Role
As a Staff Mobile Engineer within our Mobile Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining the foundational mobile infrastructure, frameworks, and tools that support Betterment’s applications. Your contributions will significantly enhance the developer experience for mobile engineers across the organization, ensuring rapid, secure, and sustainable feature delivery.
At Betterment, our platform engineering team empowers engineers across the company to deliver exceptional code with assurance. We collaborate closely with product engineers to create cross-functional capabilities, infrastructure, and frameworks that enable swift delivery while upholding quality. We tackle intriguing technical challenges related to scalability, architecture, and user experience to craft an app platform that brings satisfaction to both our clients and our engineers.
This position is based in our NYC office. Below, we outline the base salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, including location, experience, and performance. The mentioned range is just one aspect of Betterment’s comprehensive compensation package.
New York City: $200,000 – $228,000
We provide a competitive equity package along with health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), commuter and parking benefits, FSA/HSA, and a 401(k) with employer matching. Furthermore, we offer a flexible paid time off (PTO) policy. This position may also qualify for variable compensation through a company incentive bonus. For roles at our NYC HQ, in-office attendance is required Monday through Thursday.
A Day in the Life
- Develop and maintain shared React Native frameworks, libraries, and development tools utilized by mobile product teams to deliver customer-facing features.
- Collaborate with engineers across the organization to enhance the reliability, performance, and security of our mobile applications.
- Lead medium-to-large scale projects, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across teams.

