Job description
Full Stack Engineer - Sandbox Wealth
Location: Greater New York / Remote
Job Type: Contract / Full-Time
Salary: $150,000-$200,000
About the Company
Sandbox Wealth is an open finance platform for wealth managers. We connect data from custodians, market data providers, and other sources with bank and non-bank lenders to facilitate the free flow of capital across financial institutions and their clients. Our platform is designed for the next generation of private banking—data-rich, highly secure, and built for scale.
About the Role
We are currently searching for an experienced Full-Stack Engineer passionate about building a world-class application that will modernize private banking for clients of non-bank financial institutions, including independent wealth managers and family offices. In partnership with our design and product teams, you will help shape the user experience and system architecture behind a fast, intuitive, and secure platform.
This role will report to the Head of Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle from planning to deployment.
- Build responsive front-end apps and intuitive user interfaces with Next.js/React.
- Design and implement scalable back-end APIs and services using Python.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, and security teams to define and deliver features.
- Write clean, efficient, reusable, and well-tested code across the full stack.
- Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
- Contribute to and improve our CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
- Implement effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software across environments.
- Ensure software meets all requirements for performance, scalability, configurability, and security.
- Contribute to product documentation and technical best practices.
Measures of Success
- Consistent delivery of high-quality features that meet user needs and business goals.
- Reduction in bugs and improved test coverage across the codebase.
- Performance improvements across front-end and back-end services.
- Positive collaboration feedback from design, security, and product teams.
- Contribution to documentation, refactoring, and platform reliability.
- On-time participation in planning, code reviews, and team ceremonies.
- Demonstrated ownership of features or services from development to deployment and monitoring.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in full-stack development, ideally within a FinTech or high-growth startup environment.
- Proficiency in Python and Next.js/React.
- Familiarity with both Relational and Non-Relational Databases.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
- Strong understanding of modern development principles, software architecture, and security practices.
- Experience with testing frameworks and debugging tools.
- Proficient in version control tools such as Git.
- Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently and drive projects forward.
This is an opportunity to help architect a state-of-the-art platform and partner with an experienced leadership team during a period of rapid development.
