Vanilla Technologies

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About Us We’re a startup with big ambitions: to make estate planning modern, visual, and intelligent. Vanilla is the first AI-powered estate advisory platform, built by advisors, planners, and attorneys to transform how wealth is transferred across generations. Our technology unifies scenario modeling, client visualization, and document creation into one seamless, digital experience. Our team brings together diverse subject matter expertise across estate planning, wealth management, and scaling SaaS startups. We’re distributed across the U.S., with a mix of fully remote and hybrid roles, and we embrace flexibility while staying closely connected. At Vanilla, you’ll join curious builders and problem-solvers who thrive on speed, autonomy, and impact. Here, you won’t just join a company, you’ll help create it. If you’re excited to tackle hard problems, move quickly, and see your work shape both an industry and a growing startup, we’d love to meet you. Working Location This role is a remote position, you must be based out of one of the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, or Washington, D.C. Job Summary We're currently looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer who is passionate about integrating data and design with emerging technologies. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will work collaboratively with product, engineering, and design teams to deliver powerful cloud-based solutions that drive a user-friendly estate planning experience. Responsibilities Lead the development of new features and improvements across our platform. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve the software. Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables. Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align on product goals and deliver high-quality solutions. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team, promoting best practices in code quality, testing, and deployment. Design and implement scalable and secure architectures, leveraging AWS services to optimize performance and cost-efficiency. Adhere to professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience 8+ years relevant work experience Proficiency in React/Javascript - Typescript experience a plus Proficiency in Ruby/Ruby on Rails Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as NodeJS, Python, Rust, Go, Java or others Experience in GraphQL and APIs Expertise in one or more of the major public clouds, preferably AWS Benefits Flexible paid time off policy and 10 company-wide paid holidays Parental leave, 4 weeks for all full-time employees and up to 12 weeks for birthing parents Medical, dental, and vision benefits coverage for employees and their families 401K eligibility after one month of employment Budget for learning & development and home office setup Paid parking or transit for hybrid and in office employees The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $180,000. Our compensation packages also include a performance based bonus and equity. Compensation is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Benefits: Flexible paid time off policy and 10 company-wide paid holidays Parental leave, 4 weeks for all full-time employees and up to 12 weeks for birthing parents Medical, dental, and vision benefits coverage for employees and their families 401K eligibility after one month of employment Free estate planning documents Budget for learning & development and home office setup Paid parking or transit for hybrid and in office employees Vanilla Technologies Inc. (dba "Vanilla") provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Vanilla participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.