PRINCIPAL, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

Engineering ManagerJoin us in building a better financial system. Wealthfront is continuing to grow and needs managers who are excited to lead talented teams of engineers to improve and expand our products, while maintaining a commitment to high engineering quality standards.Engineering managers at Wealthfront have a solid background as hands-on engineers and have realized that they can have more impact through their organizations as leaders. The largest impact you will have will be through identifying, developing, and coaching "whole engineers" who take ownership of their projects. With guidance from you, the engineers on your team will take full responsibility for their work, which may include working with cross functional stakeholders directly, authoring their own engineering designs, performing and overseeing their implementations, and taking full responsibility for their code running in production. Along the way, you will also help us develop the engineering organization, taking a first principles approach to problems like hiring, performance reviews and project management.About Wealthfront EngineeringWealthfront's culture centers around continuous learning, innovation, and quality-driven software development. With high quality software as our ultimate engineering objective, our key tactic is automation:Wealthfront software automates the financial services we provide to our clients, and within these services we automate the collection of data that we learn from on our way to making our services even better.Wealthfront engineers function as builder/operators, with dual responsibility for building the system and operating it in production. This investment in automation is expected, and the prioritization of it is always built into our planning and execution.For example, Wealthfront engineers automate all of our testing. Manual testing is not part of the software development lifecycle at Wealthfront.Responsibilities:Lead a team of 6-10 engineers in execution and operational excellenceCollaborate with the tech leads and other functions (product management, design, product support, brokerage operations) to understand and respond to changing prioritiesMonitor and improve team productivity, remove roadblocks, identify and implement improvements to our process, and act as scrum master for the teamFacilitate the exchange of information among all Wealthfront employees in a systematic mannerLead or contribute to effective organizational improvement within the engineering organization or WealthfrontCombine data-driven process and human empathy to iteratively develop and assess our collective teams and individual team membersEvaluate technical abilities of individual engineers, in order to match them with projects which demonstrate their strengths and stretch them to growPartner with Recruiting to build well-rounded, effective, and inclusive engineering teamsRequirements:B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience4+ years as a software engineer developing and operating systems within the core business1+ years engineering management experienceTrack record of leading productive engineering teamsExperience hiring, mentoring, coaching and developing engineers into top performersUnderstanding of successful team dynamics and how your role as a manager fits into this processPassionate about collaborative problem solvingEagerness to solve challenging problemsEstimated annual salary range: $208,000 - $260,000 plus equity and a discretionary bonus.Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401K plan, generous time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursements, professional development, employee investing discount, and more!About WealthfrontHere at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.By automating strategies typically reserved for the wealthy, we unlocked access to high quality investment advice for a digitally-native generation that was underserved by traditional institutions. Since then, we've expanded to a full suite of products designed to help our clients turn their savings into long-term wealth, including:A Cash Account that, through our partner banks, offers one of the highest annual percentage yields on uninvested cash in the industry, while providing instant and secure access to your money with no account fees and a full suite of checking features.A zero-commission Stock Investing Account with 50+ handpicked collections that help DIY investors discover new companies and make smarter investing decisions.Multiple automated investing portfolios designed to unlock tax savings through sophisticated strategies like fixed income, tax-loss harvesting, and direct indexing—which we offer at industry-leading low costs and accessible minimums.If you're inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let's talk!