Engineering Manager, Betterment
$170-195k
+ equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
Banking and investment app
Open for applications
Banking and investment app
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$170-195k
+ equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make people’s lives better.
Role
Who you are
- Experience leading and contributing to full-stack web engineering projects
- Our primary web application is built in Ruby on Rails, but we build our newest web interfaces using a combination of React and GraphQL
- Other server-side languages like Java or Python could be a good foundation
- Experience with establishing and upholding team culture through healthy team norms, processes, and inclusive practices
- Experience with hands-on managing, mentoring, and inspiring a talented team of full-stack engineers
- Experience leading execution of large team projects and execution of smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers
- Experience connecting product roadmaps and technical investments to contribute to overall business objectives
- Experience building important, high production-value software where quality and correctness matters while preserving a nimble, fluid, highly productive culture and workflow
- A passion for developing your reports and helping craft opportunities for them to grow into continually more impactful team members
- A love of software engineering and a willingness to get into the code to better understand the sophisticated business domains we work in
- Experience collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, subject matter experts, and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- The Advisor Portfolio Controls team aims to build the best full-service investment management platform in the industry
- The team operates as part of Betterment Advisor Solutions, the all-in-one custodial platform for independent RIAs, and this team focuses on empowering financial advisors with the tools to manage their clients’ portfolios
- Our team holds a high amount of pride in building high-quality user experiences to simplify portfolio management for complex needs
- We’re looking for a technical leader to drive this team forward while upholding high standards in quality and execution, all in service of our customers
- As an Engineering Manager on this team, you’ll help lead us through a period of important growth and maturation as the advisor business continues to thrive
- You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering and cross-functional leadership to execute on a product roadmap with your team
- You’ll also get the opportunity to help plan and lead projects as well as achieve operational excellence in everything we do
- You’ll constantly be navigating new intricacies of our domain and collaborating tightly with other engineering leaders and stakeholders of different backgrounds, all while helping mentor and grow a team of amazing engineers
- Lead and manage ~4-5 full-stack engineers on a relatively new team. We work in a full-stack ecosystem and value a quality user experience as much as proper backend fundamentals
- Serve as an effective player-coach, using direct project leadership and contributions to gain first-hand expertise into the world of financial advisors and financial portfolios
- Build tools advisors love. Our goal is to empower financial advisors to manage their clients’ portfolios in a modern, sleek, straightforward user experience, even when presenting complex subject material
- Collaborate with product managers, staff engineers and subject matter experts to make sure the team is always building the right stuff and doing so thoughtfully
- Inspire and maintain a strong, equitable engineering culture founded on transparency, inclusivity, mentorship, and collaboration
Application process
- We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications
- If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
- In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators
- Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment
- Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
- On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency
- As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision
- Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process
Our take
Betterment is an app-based investment platform that provides personal finance data and guidance to retail users through a range of real-world data and AI analytics to deliver investment advice to customers.
The company has become the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. Having expanded its 401k business, Betterment has entered the world of Crypto, partnering with Gemini to offer customized crypto portfolios and its "Crypto Investing by Betterment" platform.
Betterment has a wealth of competition in this increasingly crowded space. Other robo advisors offering similar services include Moneyfarm, Wealth Simple, M1 Finance and Personal Capital. Going forward, Betterment hopes to further distance itself from rivals as it further innovates its platform.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Jul 2017
$70m
SERIES E
Total funding: $335m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.©
- Generous time off: We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Paid parental leave: We welcome new additions to your family with 12-18 weeks of parental leave.
- Matching benefits: We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments
- Equity: Gain stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Free food: Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ
- Long-term health resources: We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Find your community: Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonathan Stein
(Board Member)After studying Economics at Harvard, Jonathan worked as a Consultant at First Manhattan Consulting Group for over 4 years. He founded Betterment in 2007, serving as CEO until 2020 when he stepped down to Chairman of the Board.
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