Sr. Engineering Manager, Advisor Solutions

Betterment•New York City, NY

3d•$200,000 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Betterment Advisor Solutions (BAS) provides financial solutions that help advisors scale their practices and deliver high-quality, personalized client experiences. The product supports automated portfolio management, custom portfolio building, paperless onboarding, back-office automation, and other advisor features. The Advisor Solutions engineering team develops and refines integrations—including APIs, datasets, and background processes across internal and external applications—and supports advisor access to data through in-app reports and visualizations, public APIs, and MCP access. The Sr. Engineering Manager will lead the Advisor Solutions team, partnering with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to shape a mission-aligned roadmap and manage its execution. The manager will work with engineers across the organization to define and deliver technical strategies that support BAS business growth, while helping build the team and deliver important solutions. The role is based in Betterment’s New York City office. NYC headquarters roles require in-office attendance Tuesday through Thursday each week; the company also describes its NYC hybrid arrangement as four days per week in-office, with no required office days during summer and winter holidays. The position leads and develops full-stack engineers building technology that helps advisors serve their clients. It calls for hands-on technical leadership, meaningful architectural direction, and the ability to contribute to the codebase when needed. The manager is expected to promote engineering excellence, customer satisfaction, accountability, efficient delivery, open communication, creative problem-solving, and employee career development. The listed New York City base salary range is $200,000–$230,000. The role may also be eligible for variable compensation through a company incentive bonus. Betterment describes equity and a broad benefits package, including health-related coverage, disability insurance, commuter benefits, retirement matching, flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, a sabbatical, professional coaching, and qualified student loan payment matching.

Requirements

Strong experience in object-oriented programming.
Experience with hands-on management, mentoring, and inspiring a diverse team of engineers, including senior engineers.
Experience operating as a player-coach and contributing alongside engineers when required.
Ability to coach engineers through technically complex challenges while maintaining team momentum.
Ability to provide architectural direction, conduct code reviews, and perform hands-on work in a codebase.
Experience leading large team projects and managing smaller concurrent projects with senior engineers.
Experience building high-production-value software where quality and correctness matter while maintaining a nimble, productive culture and workflow.
Experience collaborating with engineering teams, product managers, subject matter experts, and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to weigh ambiguous and competing constraints and make decisions in an evolving product space.
Proven track record of hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers while maintaining a high performance bar.
Strong organizational skills, including prioritizing tasks and keeping projects on schedule.

Nice To Haves

Ruby on Rails experience is preferred.
Experience with React, GraphQL, and data engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead, grow, and manage a team of full-stack engineers developing technology for financial advisors and their clients.
Develop domain expertise and collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
Work with BAS business leaders to inform and shape strategies for the business.
Partner with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to develop a mission-aligned roadmap and manage its execution.
Collaborate with engineers across the organization to identify, refine, and deliver technical strategies.
Build a team in partnership with recruiting, including hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers.
Foster engineering excellence, customer satisfaction, and accountability across projects.
Coach engineers through technically complex challenges while maintaining team momentum.
Provide architectural direction, conduct code reviews, and contribute hands-on in the codebase when needed.
Lead large team projects and manage smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers.
Drive agile and efficient engineering practices so the team delivers high-quality, scalable solutions predictably and on schedule.
Promote open communication and creative problem-solving, empowering engineers to propose and develop impactful ideas.
Support direct reports’ career development and align roadmap opportunities with their growth ambitions.

Benefits

Competitive equity package, including new-hire and refresher grants for employees.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Commuter and parking benefits.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
401(k) with employer match, including a day-one match.
Matching on qualified student loan payments.
Flexible paid time off.
Paid parental leave.
Fully paid four-week sabbatical in the sixth year.
Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
Infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits.
Possible company incentive bonus.