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Wealthfront

Automated wealth management via robo-advisors

Engineering Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience as a software engineer developing and operating systems within the core business.
  • At least 1 year of engineering management experience.
  • A track record of leading productive engineering teams.
  • Experience hiring, mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers into top performers.
  • Understanding of successful team dynamics and how the manager's role fits into this process.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of 6–10 engineers in execution and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with tech leads and other functions, including product management, design, product support, and brokerage operations, to understand and respond to changing priorities.
  • Monitor and improve team productivity, remove roadblocks, identify and implement process improvements, and act as scrum master for the team.
  • Facilitate the systematic exchange of information among all Wealthfront employees.
  • Lead or contribute to effective organizational improvement within the engineering organization or Wealthfront.
  • Combine data-driven process and human empathy to iteratively develop and assess teams and individual team members.
  • Evaluate individual engineers' technical abilities to match them with projects that demonstrate their strengths and stretch them to grow.
  • Partner with Recruiting to build well-rounded, effective, and inclusive engineering teams.

About the Company

Wealthfront

Automated wealth management via robo-advisors

Wealthfront is a fintech firm that uses robo-advisors to manage investments for long-term growth. It offers a high-yield cash account (5.00% APY) through partner banks for short-term savings, a diversified bond portfolio for dividends and tax efficiency, and a stock discovery/trading platform for quick equity ideas. The company earns advisory fees taken from client investment returns. Its goal is to make wealth management easy and scalable by providing automated, easy-to-use tools for saving, investing, and growing money.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founded
2011

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