Lead Software Engineer - Backend
Titan
About Titan
Titan is an award-winning, members-only wealth management firm reimagining how ambitious, high-earning professionals manage and experience their wealth. Headquartered in New York City and backed by some leading Silicon Valley firms – including a16z and General Catalyst. We're building the Wall Street firm of the future.
Vision
At Titan, we understand that money isn't just currency; it's the lifeblood of ambition and the fuel of innovation. We exist for those who push boundaries, redefine success, and drive society forward. While our members are center stage, reshaping industries and creating the future, we're their wealth team behind the scenes, obsessing over their financial wellbeing – so they don't have to.
The end goal? Exceptional Wealth Management
We've created a comprehensive wealth system that combines:
Highly Engineered Investment Products
Financial Expertise
Exclusive Member Access
By combining comprehensive wealth management with unique member benefits, our members have described us as the Amex of Wealth Management.
With a commitment to providing access to wealth management expertise and a lifestyle concierge service, our goal is to build the last wealth platform this generation will ever need.
We're highly selective with who we choose to bring onto the team. If the above resonates with you, we'd love to meet.
The information in this content is intended for recruitment purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation of any investment products
The Role
As a Lead Backend Engineer you'll be responsible for maintaining and extending our trading and account management infrastructure to support and delight tens of thousands of our clients transacting millions of dollars a day. From adding support for new financial products and accounts types to building our automated portfolio management system to handling thousands of daily messages to keep our accounts in sync you'll be touching the core infrastructure of our systems that enables everything else. You'll work closely with Engineering Management and other members of the engineering team to ensure the continued stability, scalability and security of Titan's systems. You'll also work cross-functionally with our design, product and customer experience teams to deliver delightful experiences that have never before been seen in a financial product.
We're looking for someone who has:
A strong technical background including > 7 years building applications using JavaScript / TypeScript.
Experience leading / mentoring engineers
Experience working with complex, real-time external APIs.
A desire to get better everyday. Titan’s best days are still to come and so are yours.
An ability to work in a fast paced environment with subject matter experts from across the company.
A strong sense of responsibility and integrity. We’re a fiduciary of our clients and we always act with their best interests at heart.
Benefits/Perks
Work with a passionate, diverse, smart team on a product that helps tens of thousands of people
Backed by top-tier VCs (Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Sound Ventures, Scribble VC, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, and others)
Competitive compensation package (including equity component)
Medical and dental insurance
Unlimited PTO and Sick Days
401(k) plan with employer match
MacBook / PC laptop provided
Internet stipend
Health & Wellness stipend
Daily lunches @ our headquarters
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Work-from-home stipend to optimize your set-up
Compensation:
Anticipated annual salary range: $150,000 - $250,000 plus company stock options + benefits (see above).
At Titan, we are committed to offering competitive compensation packages for our valued team members, matching our commitment to attract and retain a top talent pool that is aligned with our culture, mission, and values. This salary range represents Titan’s reasonable estimated possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.
The final salary for this position will be determined in sole discretion of Titan, depending on applicable laws, and based on a variety of factors, such as employee’s work experience, skills, qualifications for the role, and location, and may differ from the amounts listed above.