Engineering Manager

About the role

Lead and manage a team of engineers who work in a full-stack ecosystem.
Serve as an effective player-coach, using direct project leadership and contributions to gain first-hand expertise into the world of financial wellness.
Build things people love. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible.
Sleek design, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice.
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.

Responsibilities

Inspire and maintain a strong, equitable engineering culture founded on transparency, inclusivity, mentorship, and collaboration.
Drive roadmaps, mitigate risks, and ensure the team is continuing to deliver towards the business goals.

Requirements

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 an established team of talented engineers.
Experience leading execution of large team projects and execution of smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers.
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.
Experience partnering with stakeholders in your area to produce roadmaps for your team.
Experience setting and holding your team accountable to ambitious goals.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience leading and contributing to full-stack web engineering projects.
• Is familiar with Ruby on Rails and is comfortable with a mix of technologies including React and GraphQL.
• Can establish and uphold a strong, equitable engineering culture.
• Has experience managing and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Can lead large and small projects effectively.
• Is passionate about software engineering and willing to dive deep into the code.
• Collaborates well with other teams and stakeholders.
• Can set and hold teams accountable to ambitious goals.

Skills

Experience leading and contributing to full-stack web engineering projects.
Experience with establishing and upholding team culture through healthy team norms, processes, and inclusive practices.
Experience with hands-on managing, mentoring, and inspiring an established team of talented engineers.
Experience leading execution of large team projects and execution of smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers.
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.
Experience partnering with stakeholders in your area to produce roadmaps for your team.
Experience setting and holding your team accountable to ambitious goals.

Benefits

At Betterment, we offer a competitive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); transit benefits and FSA and HSA options.
Ownership: Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants.
Time: Flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.
Growth: Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
Wealth: Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.

Pay

New York City: $170,000 - $230,000

Schedule

Hybrid NY-based positions (four days/week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).