Senior Full-stack Engineer

Farther Finance - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

As a member of the Farther Investment Technology team you'll have full-stack ownership of multiple domains; spanning from the user interface to the data layer. The team's responsibility includes portfolio management, portfolio storage, trade generation, account re-balancing, and operational interfaces to all these domains. This includes responsibility for all levels of a product, such as CRUD APIs, asynchronous RPC handlers, and AWS infrastructure. You will contribute to the development of new features and product improvements for our applications, which are built using React, TypeScript, Bun, and CockroachDB. You will also play a pivotal role in shaping and influencing new features at all stages, working closely with product, design, and other engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Be a product-focused software engineer, prioritizing the quick delivery of exceptional user experiences.
• Develop features that are well-balanced, avoiding both over- and under-engineering, with an emphasis on frequent and tidy releases.
• Leverage Typescript to create high-quality, strictly-typed code, that allows fearless refactoring.
• Draft and review specification documents for new features.
• Translate designs and wireframes into screens and components, collaborating closely with design and product teams.
• Develop backends for features, including domain modeling, data layer design, HTTP endpoint implementation, and handling asynchronous messaging.
• Build and maintain abstractions, patterns, and internal libraries.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a full-stack developer.
• Experience building services/apps in production.
• Investment or investment adjacent experience.
• Ability to ship features and see user delight.
• Enjoyment of a fast-paced environment with multiple daily releases.
• Strong communication skills, especially in a remote setting.
• Ability to think in a functional way and embrace strict types.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a trading team, fintech, or investment advisory firm.
• Familiarity with static analysis tools like ESLint and Prettier.

Benefits

• Remote-first culture (hybrid for NYC crew).
• Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software.
• Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions.
• Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering.