You'll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build scalable, engaging shopping flows, while also contributing to performance, observability, accessibility, and technical excellence. This is a hands-on engineering role, ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, has a strong product mindset, and is motivated by seeing their work used by millions of users.
WHERE YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPACT
Build, maintain, and evolve React/Next.js front-end applications that serve millions of monthly users.
Improve Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and technical SEO to drive discoverability and engagement.
Partner with product, SEO, and content teams to launch, test, and iterate on high-impact shopping experiences.
Design and implement backend APIs and services that power dynamic, personalized content, rapid experimentation and partner integrations.
Collaborate on platform-wide initiatives: performance, observability, A/B testing infrastructure, and front-end developer experience.
Contribute to shared UI components and design systems, helping scale high-quality UX across pages.
Use AI coding tools and spec-driven workflows as part of your day-to-day, contributing to the team's growing dev harness and automations.
Participate in code reviews, mentorship, and team technical discussions to help raise the engineering bar.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
We recognize not everyone will meet all of the criteria. If you meet most of the criteria below and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
6+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful contributions across both front-end and back-end systems.
Deep experience in TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js or a related isomorphic framework (Astro, Gatsby, etc.).
Strong product and UX sensibility with a keen eye for performance, usability, and responsive design.
Hands-on experience building and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs, integrating with databases (SQL/NoSQL), and writing full-stack features.
Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your regular development workflow.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, GCP, Vercel) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, observability).
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in public-facing, high visibility shopping marketplaces.
Background in FinTech, financial services, or other regulated industries.
Hands-on experience with web vitals, lazy loading, caching strategies, or third-party analytics tools.
A technical blog, open-source contributions, or portfolio site showcasing your work.
WHERE
This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.
WHAT WE OFFER
Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)
Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
Mental health support
Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)
Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)
Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match
Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)
401K with 4% company match
Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here https://www.nerdwallet.com/privacy-policy.
NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
NerdWallet will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/FCO%20poster2020_0.pdf, as well as the Los Angeles Fair Chance Act, which requires this notice https://dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.
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