About Us:

Capitalize is solving critical problems in the retirement savings market with delightful products, scalable technology, and a talented team. Our robust product offering helps Consumers and Enterprises eliminate frictions and unnecessary fees in the retirement savings system.

Our Consumer product helps people take control of their retirement planning by digitally locating their old 401(k) accounts and consolidating them in a new account at their chosen financial institution. Capitalize handles the paperwork, phone calls, and faxes that have burdened individuals for decades.

For enterprises, we offer a full suite of enterprise-grade APIs, including an Embedded Rollover API, which allows financial institutions to seamlessly power rollovers in their native experiences. We empower enterprises with delightful user experiences that make it easier for their end users to fund their accounts.

We’ve raised ~$35mm from leading venture capital investors including Canapi Ventures, Greycroft, RRE, Bling Capital, Industry Ventures, and Walkabout Ventures. We’re growing quickly, and are looking to add more talented, mission-driven people to our team - come join us!

What You'll Do:

Capitalize is seeking an automation-focused Software Engineer to join our growing company! As a key member of a small, fast-paced team, your work will be instrumental in our efforts to help more people gain control of their retirement savings.

In this role, you will build technologies and systems to automate our work and processes. By designing, building and maintaining foundational infrastructure services, you will enhance our ability to automate and scale.

If you have experience in early-stage startups, thrive in cross-functional environments, and enjoy working on impactful initiatives, we’d love to hear from you!

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering role with exposure to AWS cloud solutions
• Knowledge of relational databases and/or NoSQL databases
• Experience with Node, Java in a RESTful environment
• Experience with javascript automation libraries
• Experience with conceptualizing, designing, building, and maintaining cloud-native applications at scale
• Experience working on products with rapid feature development, including fast iterations and tight feedback loops during QA processes
• Ability to troubleshoot highly distributed systems

Bonus Points For:

• React and Docker
• Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• AWS security best practices (using IAM Roles, KMS, etc).
• Experience with monitoring solutions such as CloudWatch
• Previous exposure to large-scale systems design, taking a project all the way from conceptual business logic to full production solution
• DevOps or cloud development

Benefits We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and equity in the company
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 100% premium covered for staff and 50% for dependents
• 401k plan access
• Unlimited paid time off
• 12 weeks of fully-paid parental leave
• Access to a dog-friendly office space in NYC

Note: This role is hybrid based in NYC, with a requirement of at least 3 days in-office.

We’re a mission-driven company focused on doing what’s right - for our customers and for our team. That means assembling a group of diverse, hardworking people who want to be their best in a setting that’s open and inclusive for all. We’re committed to diversity in both measurable terms (e.g. gender, race) and across other dimensions like skill sets and experiences. We believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive company enriches our professional and personal lives. If that speaks to you, we want to meet you. Come help us build!