[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Facing Web Products

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NerdWallet is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer for its Consumer Banking organization. The role builds and improves high-performance financial marketplace shopping experiences across the front end and back end, with a focus on product quality, search visibility, scalability, and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and evolve React/Next.js front-end applications that serve millions of monthly users
• Improve Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and technical SEO to drive discoverability and engagement
• Partner with product, SEO, and content teams to launch, test, and iterate on high-impact shopping experiences
• Design and implement backend APIs and services that power dynamic, personalized content, rapid experimentation and partner integrations
• Collaborate on platform-wide initiatives: performance, observability, A/B testing infrastructure, and front-end developer experience
• Contribute to shared UI components and design systems, helping scale high-quality UX across pages
• Use AI coding tools and spec-driven workflows as part of your day-to-day, contributing to the team's growing dev harness and automations
• Participate in code reviews, mentorship, and team technical discussions to help raise the engineering bar

Skills

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful contributions across both front-end and back-end systems
• Deep experience in TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js or a related isomorphic framework (Astro, Gatsby, etc.)
• Strong product and UX sensibility with a keen eye for performance, usability, and responsive design
• Hands-on experience building and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs, integrating with databases (SQL/NoSQL), and writing full-stack features
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your regular development workflow
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, GCP, Vercel) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, observability)
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Experience working in public-facing, high visibility shopping marketplaces
• Background in FinTech, financial services, or other regulated industries
• Hands-on experience with web vitals, lazy loading, caching strategies, or third-party analytics tools
• A technical blog, open-source contributions, or portfolio site showcasing your work

Benefits

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)
• Co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)
• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
• Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter
• Donate to your favorite causes with a company match
• 401K with 4% company match
• Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
• Remote role based in the U.S.

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