# Staff Software Engineer, CKD at Nerdwallet

- Company: Nerdwallet
- What the company does: NerdWallet makes it easy to find the right financial product for you. Our Nerds do all the research so you don’t have to. Backed by IVP.
- Company website: https://www.nerdwallet.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: NerdWallet US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $152K to $282K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nerdwallet/e1aedfa9-c1b6-4de3-81cf-98496fee3d52?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nerdwallet-staff-software-engineer-ckd/

## About the role

At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 3+ years at the Staff level and deep hands-on experience building and operating production backend systems
- A track record of technical leadership: architecting complex systems end to end, leading a team through hard technical problems, establishing best practices, and mentoring other engineers
- Hands-on experience building production features on LLMs: tool use/function calling, MCP or similar protocols, prompt and context design, retrieval (RAG), evals, and handling non-deterministic output
- Advanced knowledge of a modern TypeScript stack (e.g., Node.js, React, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis), with the judgment to evaluate unfamiliar codebases, SDKs, and vendor tools
- Experience designing APIs and shared services that other teams build on, including versioning, backward compatibility, and balancing competing consumer needs
- Experience building on third-party platforms or ecosystems (e.g., app stores, plugin/extension ecosystems, partner APIs) where you work within someone else's constraints and review processes

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nerdwallet-staff-software-engineer-ckd/