What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Engineer position at Range?
Range is creating AI-powered solutions to eliminate financial complexity for our members. We’re transforming wealth management through the perfect blend of cutting-edge technology and human expertise. We’re obsessed with member experience! We’ve built an integrated platform that tackles the full spectrum of financial needs–investments, taxes, retirement planning, and estate management–all unified in one intuitive system.
Backed by Google's Gradient Ventures and Cathay Innovations, we're in hyper-growth mode and looking for exceptional talent to join our starting lineup. Every Ranger at this stage is shaping our culture and way of life—from former CEOs and startup founders to experts from leading hedge funds and tech companies.
If you're ready to build something that truly matters in financial services, bring your talent to Range. Here, you'll make a genuine impact on how people manage their financial lives while working alongside a team that celebrates wins, makes big decisions, and blazes new trails together.
About The Role
Software Engineers at Range are responsible for scoping requirements and delivering impactful features by working closely with product, design, and other engineers. This role means you will be wearing multiple hats such as (Backend, Frontend, Infrastructure, QA, Product).
The ideal candidate has experience building and delivering high-quality, secure production services, and platforms. As a full stack engineer you will lead engineering efforts, set technical strategy, design architecture, and provide products that delight our customers. You will work with other technical leaders to improve for engineering excellence at the company level.
This role is based at Range's Headquarters in McLean, VA or one of our hubs in New York City, or Seattle. Employees hired for this position will work in office Monday-Friday. If you are not currently located in one of these areas, your willingness to relocate will be a contingency for employment.
What You’ll Do With Us
Backed by Google's Gradient Ventures and Cathay Innovations, we're in hyper-growth mode and looking for exceptional talent to join our starting lineup. Every Ranger at this stage is shaping our culture and way of life—from former CEOs and startup founders to experts from leading hedge funds and tech companies.
If you're ready to build something that truly matters in financial services, bring your talent to Range. Here, you'll make a genuine impact on how people manage their financial lives while working alongside a team that celebrates wins, makes big decisions, and blazes new trails together.
About The Role
Software Engineers at Range are responsible for scoping requirements and delivering impactful features by working closely with product, design, and other engineers. This role means you will be wearing multiple hats such as (Backend, Frontend, Infrastructure, QA, Product).
The ideal candidate has experience building and delivering high-quality, secure production services, and platforms. As a full stack engineer you will lead engineering efforts, set technical strategy, design architecture, and provide products that delight our customers. You will work with other technical leaders to improve for engineering excellence at the company level.
This role is based at Range's Headquarters in McLean, VA or one of our hubs in New York City, or Seattle. Employees hired for this position will work in office Monday-Friday. If you are not currently located in one of these areas, your willingness to relocate will be a contingency for employment.
What You’ll Do With Us
- Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable web services for customers around the world using cutting edge technologies.
- Deeply understand our product, and immerse yourself in the community we have built to be able to understand our users.
- Establish and champion engineering best practices.
- Produce clean, high-quality code, tests, and documentation.
- 9 years in software engineering
- Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar.
- Experience working with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
- Excellent product instincts. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced startup environment.
- Ability to solve ambiguous problems without the need to be told exactly what to do.
- Ability to pick up on new technologies very quickly.
- Comfortable working across the stack (frontend, backend, infrastructure)
- Experience writing scalable services with Nodejs
- Experience writing web applications utilizing React, and Typescript
- Experience working with AWS services like EC2, ECS, RDS, Dynamo, S3, CloudWatch
- Security engineering experience
- Fintech experience
- Startup experience
- Health & Wellness: 100% employer-covered medical insurance for employees (75% for dependents), plus dental and vision coverage
- 401(k): Retirement savings program to support your future
- Paid Time Off: time to reset and recharge most federal holidays
- Parental Leave: Comprehensive leave policy for growing families
- Meals: Select meals covered throughout the week
- Fitness: Monthly movement stipend
- Equity & Career Growth: Early exercise eligibility and a strong focus on professional development
- Annual Compensation Reviews: Salary and equity refreshes based on performance
- Boomerang Program: After two years at Range, you can take time away to start your own company. We’ll hold your spot for 6 months - and pause your equity vesting, which resumes if you return