ABOUT ROCKET MONEY 🔮
Rocket Money’s mission is to meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of millions of people. Rocket Money offers members a unique understanding of their finances and a suite of valuable services that save them time and money – ultimately giving them a leg up on their financial journey.
ABOUT THE TEAM 🤝
The Autopilot team sits within the Financial Products & Partnerships group at Rocket Money and is responsible for helping our members hit important financial milestones more easily by leveraging technology. We’re a small team of experienced builders who can balance moving quickly with operating diligently in order to responsibly manage other people’s money. After building software tools and financial products that have helped millions of people save money, we’re now building an entire ecosystem to go beyond saving money and into helping our members build lasting wealth.
IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL:
- Make key decisions for the future of our banking and investment systems that balance technical concerns with business concerns.
- Develop with TypeScript across the stack, building user interfaces using React and building back-ends in Node & GraphQL.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand nuanced business needs and communicate technical complexity and tradeoffs clearly when requirements evolve.
- Architect scalable solutions that may differ from initial requests but better serve the underlying business objectives and long-term technical sustainability.
- Own the full lifecycle of Autopilot technology, from initial planning and development through ongoing production maintenance and optimization.
ABOUT YOU 🦄
- You have 7+ years of professional experience working with some combination of Node/TypeScript, React/React Native, GraphQL, and Postgres (or similar relational database).
- You're not just interested in what you're building, but also why you're building it. You want to see the bigger picture of how the software you're building is benefitting our users.
- You understand observability and enjoy digging into the details to solve performance and user experience issues.
- You’re motivated to understand the intricacies of vendor integrations, you have an understanding of the challenges that come with them and you can investigate and solve any related issues.
- You're both a student and a teacher, continually seeking to grow as an engineer and help those around you grow as well.
- You thrive in a growing organization, and are not afraid of a challenging problem. In fact, you confront problems head on and take the lead on the solution.
WE OFFER 💫
- Health, Dental & Vision Plans
- Life Insurance
- Long/Short Term Disability
- Competitive Pay
- 401k Matching
- Team Member Stock Purchasing Program (TMSPP)
- Learning & Development Opportunities
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Unlimited PTO
- Daily Lunch, Snacks & Coffee (in-office only)
- Commuter benefits (in-office only)
Additional Information: Salary range of $150,000 - $185,000/year + bonus + benefits. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company’s current, good faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position, that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
Skills Required
- 7+ years professional experience with Node, TypeScript, React/React Native, GraphQL, and Postgres (or similar relational database).
- Proven experience building and owning full‑stack applications from planning through production maintenance.
- Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and performance debugging to investigate production issues.
- Experience architecting scalable backend and frontend solutions that balance technical and business concerns.
- Experience integrating with third‑party vendor APIs and investigating/solving integration issues.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional stakeholders and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
- Mentorship mindset: willing to teach others and continually grow as an engineer.
- Product mindset: understands why features are built and prioritizes user and business impact.
What We Do
Rocket Money is a leading personal finance app with a mission to improve the financial prosperity of millions of people. We offer over 5 million members a centralized destination to manage their finances, with valuable services that save both time and money — ultimately giving them a leg up on their financial journey. Members can manage their subscriptions, lower their bills, build budgets and automatically set aside money to reach their savings goals. At Rocket Money, we believe we can do our best work operating as a team. We are committed to using our experience at work to support our own and each other's personal growth. If you are someone who enjoys solving hard problems, thrives on collaboration and is passionate about our mission, let's talk. We hire from all industries and look for a diverse set of experiences in our talent. To see our open roles go to www.rocketmoney.com/careers.
