Staff Software Engineer (React, TypeScript) - MoneyLion
New York City, NY
About the Job
MoneyLion is a leader in financial technology powering the next generation of personalized products and content, with a top consumer finance super app, a premier embedded finance platform for enterprise businesses and a world-class media arm. MoneyLion's mission is to give everyone the power to make their best financial decisions. We pride ourselves on serving the many, not the few; providing confidence through guidance, choice, and personalization; and shortening the distance to an informed action.
In our go-to money app for consumers, we deliver curated content on finance and related topics, through a tailored feed that engages people to learn and share. People take control of their finances with our innovative financial products and marketplace - including our full-fledged suite of features to save, borrow, spend, and invest - seamlessly bringing together the best offers and content from MoneyLion and our 1,100+ Enterprise Partner network, together in one experience. MoneyLion's enterprise technology provides the definitive search engine and marketplace for financial products, enabling any company to add embedded finance to their business, with advanced AI-backed data and tools through our platform and API. Established in 2013, MoneyLion connects millions of people with the financial products and content they need, when and where they need it.
About the Role
Engine by MoneyLion (https://engine.tech) is looking for a highly skilled front-end leaning staff-level software engineer to lead/mentor a team within Enterprise Consumer Experience. The ideal candidate has a proven track record leading/mentoring frontend engineering teams with a strong understanding of React, TypeScript, NextJS, and a balanced approach to testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and champion quality web-based software development and deployment
- Lead and mentor a small team of front-end engineers
- Work with product owner and designers to create high-quality applications
- Develop a balance of unit and end-to-end integration tests to ensure code quality
- Collaborate with back-end engineers to build and deploy web applications
- Stay up-to-date on the latest front-end technologies
- Mentor and train less experienced engineers
About You
- Ideally 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Minimum of 5+ years of strong experience with React and TypeScript
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience leading and mentoring other front-end engineers
- Experience with other front-end frameworks such as Angular or Vue
- Experience with balanced unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
- Experience with continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD)
- Leadership and mentoring skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Our Tech Stack:
- NextJS 13 (app router, server-components, and React Suspense)
- TypeScript
- React 18
- Reshaped (https://reshaped.so) for them-able user-interfaces)
Bonus Qualifications:
- AWS and K8s
- Playwright, Cypress or other similar end-to-end testing systems
- 3rd party UI libraries like MUI or similar
- GraphQL or other API frameworks
- Performance optimization for core web vitals
- DataDog application tracing
- A love for functional programming, immutability
- A distaste for side-effecting code
The annual base salary for the Lead Staff Engineer is expected to be between $180,000 - $200,000. Base salary is one component of MoneyLion's total compensation package, which includes, 401(k) match, multiple health insurance options, disability coverage, life insurance, and unlimited paid time off for salaried positions. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and competencies related to the role.
What We Value
We value growth-minded and collaborative people with high learning agility who embody our core values of teamwork, customer-first and innovation. Every member of the MoneyLion Pride is passionate about fintech and ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission.
Working At MoneyLion
At MoneyLion, we want you to be well and thrive. Our generous benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary packages
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
- Wellness perks
- Paid parental leave
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Learning and Development resources
- Flexible working hours
MoneyLion is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees. Inside our company, every decision we make regarding our employees is based on merit, competence, and performance, completely free of discrimination. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Within that team, no one will feel more "other" than anyone else. We realize the full promise of diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work every single day.