Sr. Engineering Manager, Broker Dealer

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Betterment</strong></h2> <p><a href="http://www.betterment.com/">Betterment</a> is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, <strong>to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease</strong>. We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (Four days/ week in-office).</p></div><h2> </h2> <h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p>As an Engineering Manager in Broker Dealer, you'll help balance on-time delivery of new features alongside system stability and scale, all while helping mentor and grow a team of talented engineers. Broker Dealer is the core of the Betterment platform. On a busy day, we securely move millions of dollars through the Betterment system and ensure each transaction flows through a complex series of risk checks for strict regulatory compliance. Every ounce of efficiency and intelligence we pour into this system translates into more value for our customers. We’re looking for an Engineering leader to contribute to answering our most difficult backend scaling, software design, and optimization questions. This role will be overseeing a team of individual contributors, and will work closely with other engineering managers in Broker Dealer. While we don’t expect you to code on a daily basis, we do expect you to quickly familiarize yourself with the tech stack, codebase and specific business domains so that you can better support the team’s mission and deliver meaningful business impact. </p> <p>This role is based out of our NYC office. Below, we've reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and interview performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees. </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>New York City: $210,000 - $245,000 </li> </ul> <p><br>We offer a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, and a 401(k) offering with employer match as well as flexible PTO policy. This job is eligible for variable compensation in the form of a discretionary company incentive bonus. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Monday through Thursday, weekly</p> <h2><strong>A day in the life</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Manage a team of 6-8 backend engineers who build innovative trading technology that powers our investing products.</li> <li>Foster career development and align roadmap opportunities with each engineer’s growth interests, keeping them technically engaged.</li> <li>Cultivate a team culture that values agility, accountability, constructive feedback, and celebrates successes.</li> <li>Be a hands-on technical mentor by regularly diving into the codebase, participating in code reviews, partnering with stakeholders to shape solutions, and driving effective technical decision-making.</li> <li>Champion maintainability and reliability by advocating for the long-term stability of the technology your team builds.</li> <li>Balance the need for speed of delivery with the importance of correctness and quality in every project your team undertakes.</li> <li>Continuously refine team processes and practices to deliver high-impact, high-quality outcomes for the business and ensure the appropriately engineered solutions.</li> <li>Develop deep domain and industry knowledge to be a highly effective partner across internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal and Compliance teams to ensure we consistently deliver the right sized solutions to the right problems.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What we’re looking for</strong></h2> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in formal ... (truncated, view full listing at source)