3 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$188k - $221k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build referral systems, social sharing flows, engagement loops, social graphs, and real-time features that drive organic growth.
- Own features from data modeling and API design through implementation, customer experience, production quality, performance, and monitoring.
- Deliver features across iOS, Android, web, and backend services, moving between platforms as initiatives require.
- Define analytics events, build product visibility, and use data to iterate on growth and engagement features.
- Own the technical bar and architecture while upholding engineering standards.
- Partner directly with the CEO, Senior Product Manager, and Senior Product Designer to rapidly ship impactful product experiences.
Requirements
- Experience building social or engagement systems at scale, such as feeds, referral flows, notification infrastructure, social graphs, or real-time interactions.
- Experience owning full-stack features end-to-end, including data models, APIs, clients, and production monitoring.
- Production experience across more than one of iOS, Android, and web, with depth in at least one platform.
- Experience instrumenting growth or engagement features with analytics events and using data to drive iteration.
- Experience working independently in a fast-moving, low-process environment.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Copilot, or similar code-generation tools.
- Production code or exposure in at least two of Swift, Kotlin, React Native, TypeScript, Dart, and Python serving millions of users.
- Evidence of independently building a side project, open-source tool, or game mechanic.
Benefits
- Base pay is expected to be $188,200-$221,400 per year, plus variable compensation; the package may also include equity, discretionary cash bonuses, medical and financial benefits, 401(k) eligibility, vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
- The role is an at-will position.
- Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility for newly hired employees.
Tech Stack
Categories
Full StackGrowth Engineering
About Acorns
Acorns builds a consumer finance app that automates saving and long-term investing for individuals and families, including round-ups, managed ETF portfolios, retirement accounts, custodial accounts for kids, and a checking/debit card with rewards. It runs a subscription model with tiered monthly fees and additional interchange/partner revenue. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Acorns is privately held and serves U.S. customers.