Backend Engineer, Wealthfront
$140-185k
Plus equity & discretionary bonus
Automated investment management
Open for applications
Automated investment management
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$140-185k
Plus equity & discretionary bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that favors people, not institutions.
Role
Who you are
- You have 2-6 years of experience in developing backend components, services or APIs in Java or a similar language. You demonstrate knowledge and understanding of distributed systems and functional programming paradigms
- You have knowledge of SQL and experience working with online data stores (ideally something like MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server but NoSQL is okay)
- You have passion for agile, test-driven development, continuous integration and automated testing. You also have a passion for working on platforms and backend systems that have measurable business impact and like working in a fast paced cross functional environment
- While not required, experience working with Spark pipelines is a plus along with knowledge of an ORM technology such as Hibernate. Another plus is working with a dependency injection framework (one of Guice, Spring, Pico, Dagger)
- You have either a BS or MS in computer science or related field
What the job involves
- We are looking for backend engineers to join our core product development teams
- You’ll work with other engineers to design and build new features or enhance existing features
- This work will add capabilities to the various backend systems and services that support Wealthfront’s products, and will be done with automated instrumentation and monitoring to require minimal operational maintenance
- You’ll help improve the maintainability and stability of our codebase by fixing issues and adding necessary enhancements to our existing backend systems
- You’ll ensure that mission critical backend systems and services operate smoothly in production by triaging and resolving operational issues as part of a team of on-call engineers
- You’ll proactively identify opportunities for improving the reliability and scalability of our systems
- Additionally, you might play a part in evolving the engineering organization by participating in recruiting activities such as interviewing and attending career fairs and providing mentorship to other engineers on the team
- Once you join, Wealthfront will:
- Pair you with a mentor who will guide you through our structured onboarding program
- Encourage you to work on projects that match your professional goals
- Support your professional development by providing feedback during weekly 1:1s and our semi-annual reviews
- Provide you autonomy so you can be a happy and successful member of our team
Our take
Wealthfront's platform takes the hassle and stress out of investing, financial planning, borrowing, and saving with automated services and financial advice. Its robo-advisor allows customers to set a financial limit on their accounts, anything above the limit is moved into an investment account or another account chosen by the customer.
Indeed, it has some similarities to round-up apps like Acorn, which round up purchases and put the spare change into savings. There are other companies working on robo-advisors too, such as Morgan Stanley and Betterment.
Nonetheless, with an impressive and steadily increasing list of clients, with more than $50B of assets under its management, Wealthfront achieved Unicorn status in September 2022. Wealthfront is diversifying its offerings, branching into high-interest checking accounts and investment advice.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2018
$75m
SERIES E
Oct 2014
$64m
SERIES D
Total funding: $204.5m
Company benefits
- 401(k)
- Medical/Vision/Dental insurance
- HSA contributions for high deductible plans
- Discretionary time off policy
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave (both parents)
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
Company values
- Client-centricity: Wealthfront puts its clients first, providing personalized financial advice and investment management services to help them achieve their financial goals
- Transparency: Wealthfront values transparency in all aspects of its business, from its investment strategies to its fees and pricing
- Innovation: Wealthfront is committed to innovation, using cutting-edge technology to provide its clients with the best possible financial services and products
- Continuous learning: Wealthfront encourages its employees to continuously learn and grow, providing opportunities for professional development and advancement
Company HQ
University South, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Dan Carroll
(CSO)They studied Finance and Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona before using this expertise to co-found Wealthfront in December 2008.
Andy Rachleff
(Executive Chairman)Prior to Wealthfront, they co-founded and was General Partner of Benchmark Capital, where they were responsible for investing in a number of successful companies including Equinix, Juniper Networks, and Opsware.
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