Software Engineer, Financial Algorithm

| Greater NYC Area
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About LearnVest

LearnVest is redefining the American approach to personal finance. Our planners leverage financial technology to create simple, affordable, realistic plans for anyone who wants to feel confident about their money and optimistic about the future. 

Since launching in 2010, LearnVest has been one of the premier financial technology companies in the country, helping thousands of people make progress on their financial goals. LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 and is now scaling its technology and personal finance approach to help millions of people across both the LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual brands.  

Description:

We are a strong engineering-driven environment which relies on the creativity, technical excellence and dedication of our engineers to create world class products for our planners and financial representatives.

At the heart of our microservice-based planning system is a proprietary financial planning engine written in Java. As a member of the Algorithm Team, you’ll be extending this engine to solve problems such as optimizing cash flow allocation, modeling tax law, and running Monte Carlo simulations.

This role requires a very strong grasp of financial and accounting concepts.

If you are:

  • Very knowledgeable and passionate about personal finance and/or accounting
  • Skilled at algorithm design, data structures and performance optimization
  • Experienced in building complex financial or financial planning systems
  • Enthusiastic about learning new technologies and evangelising best practices
  • Eager to collaborate with engineers and product managers
  • Driven to support quality and test automation (unit and integration)
  • Curious and always looking for ways to improve

Be ready to:

  • Implement new algorithms in Java to solve complex financial problems
  • Understand and improve our existing algorithms, both conceptually and performance-wise
  • Participate in collective architectural decision making and technical research
  • Drive continuous improvements in how we build and maintain our applications

Our Benefits:

  • Fully stocked snacks, beer fridge, cold brew kegs, frequent catered lunches, company dodgeball team, and whiskey hours.
  • Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
  • Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus
  • Medical/Dental/Vision plans, matching 401(k), pension program
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41 East 11th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003

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