WHO WE ARE:
TIFIN is a fintech platform backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Franklin Templeton, SEI, Motive Partners and a who’s who of the financial service industry. We are creating engaging wealth experiences to better financial lives through AI and investment intelligence powered personalization. We are working to change the world of wealth in ways that personalization has changed the world of movies, music and more but with the added responsibility of delivering better wealth outcomes.
We use design and behavioral thinking to enable engaging experiences through software and application programming interfaces (APIs). We use investment science and intelligence to build algorithmic engines inside the software and APIs to enable better investor outcomes.
In a world where every individual is unique, we match them to financial advice and investments with a recognition of their distinct needs and goals across our investment marketplace and our advice and planning divisions.
OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT
- Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside to find our genius zones. With self-awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
- Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We value transparency. We communicate with radical candor, authenticity and precision to create a shared understanding. We challenge, but once a decision is made, commit fully.
- I Win for Teamwin. We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and we take full ownership of our work. We inspire each other with our energy and attitude. We fly in formation to win together.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
Magnifi by TIFIN is changing the way consumers find, buy, and understand their investments by bringing trusted data, insights, and whole-portfolio analysis right to their fingertips. Magnifi’s investment search tool, AI-powered personal investing assistant, and highly popular account linking functionality enables individual investors with varying degrees of know-how access to investment intelligence that, up to now, has only been offered to professional financial advisors. Magnifi also provides, free, no commission and no-order flow trading of stocks, ETFs and mutual funds for investors seeking to easily put their insights to work. In a world where every individual is unique, TIFIN enables Magnifi customers to gain critical investment intelligence and recommendations that match their distinct investment needs, risk levels, goals, and personal interests.
We are seeking an ambitious Staff Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role reports directly to our CTO and is critical to the success of our AI Platform. You will lead the backend development, ensuring the platform is highly scalable, efficient, and optimized to deliver value to users. We are looking for someone excited to join a team where they can make an impact and who is results-and execution-oriented. We are a team of do-ers!
THE ROLE:
- Work on the architecture and design of our AI Assistant, ensuring scalability, performance, and seamless integration across all systems.
- Act as the go-to expert for complex technical challenges and decisions, providing expert insights and solutions.
- Actively contribute to coding, system design, and code reviews, maintaining high standards of software quality.
- Work on the development, testing, and deployment of scalable software solutions, focusing on backend and infrastructure components.
- Work closely with product management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to drive innovation and align technology with business goals.
- Build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement, embracing best practices in software development and architecture.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define the technical roadmap, make build vs. buy decisions, and recommend technology investments.
- Look for opportunities to enhance system efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
- Help shape the company's engineering culture as an early-stage hire, making a significant impact on its future direction.
WHO YOU ARE:
- Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development, primary focused on the backend.
- A deep understanding of software architecture, backend infrastructure, and cloud technologies.
- Passionate about solving complex problems and delivering scalable, high-quality systems.
- In-depth knowledge of one or more programming languages (Python required).
- Ability to work comprehensively with various databases (Postgres, SQL, MongoDB, etc.).
- Ability to thrive in a highly demanding, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment.
- Highly flexible, good tolerance for ambiguity, and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
- A top performer with a proactive approach who has a “doer” & problem-solver mentality.
- An exceptional team player with strong communication skills.
- Excited about shaping and influencing the engineering culture, especially in an early-stage, fast-growing environment.
- Ability to be hybrid in office in Boulder, Colorado or New York, NY.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $175,000 - $190,000. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
TIFIN offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Performance linked variable compensation, including equity
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible PTO policy and Company-paid holidays
- Parental Leave: 12 week paid maternity, 6 week paid paternity leave
- Corporate Social Responsibility and volunteering opportunities
- Access to our Chief Mindfulness Officer for Mindfulness events and 1:1 personal coaching
- Company sponsored events like Qi Gong, mindfulness events, development workshops, team dinners, pickleball games, happy hours, holiday parties and more!
- The ability to make a real impact in an incredibly fast-growing organization
A note on location. While we have team centers in New York City, San Francisco, Charlotte, Mumbai, Bangalore and Madrid, TIFIN is headquartered in Boulder, CO and our preference is to build the team here whenever possible, so relocation packages are available for any candidate willing to relocate to the Boulder area.
TIFIN is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
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What We Do
Founded in 2018, TIFIN creates engaging wealth experiences to improve financial lives through AI and investment intelligence (II) driven personalization for the advised or self-directed investor.
We deliver this through our investment communities and marketplace Magnifi (https://www.magnifi.com/) and TIFIN Wealth (https://www.tifinwealth.com/), a collection of personalization and intelligence capabilities for wealth managers and other intermediaries.
Learn more about us at https://tifin.com/.
