Director of Engineering, Betterment
$230-260k
+ Equity package
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
$230-260k
+ Equity package
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
- The ideal candidate has a strong background in building and leading platform teams that accelerate product teams’ delivery by driving adoption of platform improvements that simultaneously improve both the developer experience and the user experience
- A proven track record of leading platform engineering teams whose work impacts multiple product teams and improves development workflows across an organization
- Experience managing Engineering Managers and mentoring senior Individual Contributors at the Staff Engineer level
- Technical expertise in web and mobile platform technologies (React, React Native, Flutter, GraphQL, etc.) with the ability to guide architectural decisions and advocate for technical improvements
- Experience partnering with Product leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align platform investments with business priorities and customer needs
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build trust across engineering teams and influence adoption of platform improvements through an InnerSource model
- Experience defining and implementing operational metrics that drive both engineering productivity and product roadmap delivery
- The ability to champion organization-wide initiatives related to developer experience, engineering standards, and technical excellence
- A commitment to fostering inclusive, high-performing teams and maintaining Betterment's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
What the job involves
- As director of our App Platform organization within Platform Engineering, you will lead the Web Platform and Mobile Platform teams responsible for enabling product engineering teams across Betterment to deliver a delightful, modern, performant user experience for Betterment customers
- You will ensure their success by establishing a coherent technical vision and working directly with eng leadership (Principal Engineers & Directors) to drive the technical direction of our app platform
- You will join us at an exciting time as we continue to scale our platform capabilities to support Betterment's growth and innovation
- You'll lead and grow a high-impact organization responsible for web and mobile application platforms that serve engineering teams across Betterment
- Manage and mentor Engineering Managers and senior Individual Contributors, fostering their growth into independent leaders who can operate effectively within your organization and beyond
- Partner with Product leadership and engineering stakeholders to ensure your organization's strategy and priorities align with company objectives, advocating for platform investments that drive both developer productivity and customer value
- Hold your organization accountable to operational excellence through appropriate metrics (SLOs) while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical innovation
- Build and maintain strong relationships with engineering teams across the organization, understanding their needs and ensuring platform solutions accelerate their delivery of customer value
- Champion major initiatives that improve developer experience, code quality, and consistency across Betterment's web and mobile applications
- Translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and business context to engineers, serving as a bridge between platform capabilities and business outcomes
- Establish and improve internal frameworks to deliver delightful, modern, performant user experiences while maintaining high development velocity
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.
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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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