Engineering Manager, Wealthfront
$205-260k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Automated investment management
Job no longer available
Automated investment management
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$205-260k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that favors people, not institutions.
Role
Who you are
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 1+ years engineering management experience
- Experience shipping consumer Internet products as an individual contributor
- Track record of leading productive engineering teams
- Experience hiring, mentoring, coaching and developing engineers into top performers
- Understanding of successful team dynamics and how your role as a manager fits into this process
- Passionate about collaborative problem solving
- Eagerness to solve challenging problems
- Proficient in agile methodologies
What the job involves
- Wealthfront is growing, and we are hiring managers to lead newly expanded teams in the Cash and Investing areas
- As an engineering manager at Wealthfront, you will empower an agile engineering team of 8-10 talented engineers to deliver new and enhanced products as we build a financial system that favors people, not institutions
- Collaborate with the tech leads and other functions (product management, design, product support, brokerage operations) to understand and respond to changing priorities
- Monitor team productivity, remove roadblocks, identify and implement improvements to our process, and act as scrum master for the team
- Promote success for team members along their career path at Wealthfront
- Facilitate the exchange of information among all Wealthfront employees in a systematic manner
- Lead effective organizational improvement within our company
- Combine data-driven process and human empathy to iteratively develop and assess our collective teams and individual team members
- Evaluate technical abilities of individual engineers, in order to match them with projects which demonstrate their strengths and stretch them to grow
- Partner with Recruiting to build well-rounded, effective, and inclusive engineering teams
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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