Sr. Engineering Manager, Advisor Solutions

Betterment•New York, NY

4d•$200,000 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Betterment Advisor Solutions (BAS) provides financial solutions that help advisors scale their practices and deliver personalized client experiences. Its product supports automated portfolio management, custom portfolio building, paperless onboarding, back-office automation, and other advisor features. BAS engineering teams work closely with teams responsible for the Betterment consumer experience. The Advisor Solutions team builds and refines technical integrations—including APIs, datasets, and background processes across internal and external applications—and develops ways for advisors to access data through in-app reports and visualizations, public APIs, and MCP access. The Sr. Engineering Manager will collaborate with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute a mission-aligned roadmap. They will partner with engineers across the organization on technical strategies to accelerate BAS business growth, lead and grow a team of fullstack engineers, contribute hands-on when needed, partner with recruiting to build the team, and work with stakeholders across disciplines to deliver important solutions. The role is based at Betterment’s NYC office, with in-office attendance Tuesday through Thursday each week.

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 meaningful 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 and 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 a rapidly evolving product space.
Track record of hiring, onboarding, and growing engineers while maintaining a high performance bar.
Strong organizational skills, including prioritization and keeping projects on schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Ruby on Rails.
Experience with React.
Experience with GraphQL.
Experience with data engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead, grow, and manage a team of fullstack engineers building technology for financial advisors and their clients.
Develop domain expertise and collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
Partner with BAS business leaders to gain insights and shape strategies.
Foster a team culture focused on engineering excellence, customer satisfaction, and accountability.
Use first-principles thinking to develop innovative solutions to conventional problems.
Support the career development of direct reports and align roadmap opportunities with their growth ambitions.
Implement agile and efficient engineering practices so the team delivers high-quality, scalable solutions predictably and within project timelines.
Promote open communication and creative problem-solving, empowering engineers to propose and develop impactful ideas aligned with company objectives.
Collaborate with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute a mission-aligned roadmap.
Partner with engineers across the organization to identify and deliver technical strategies that support BAS growth.
Contribute hands-on when needed, including providing architectural direction, reviewing code, and working in the codebase.
Lead large team projects and manage smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers.
Partner with recruiting to build the team and hire, onboard, and develop engineers.

Benefits

Competitive equity package, including equity for all employees and new-hire and refresher grants.
Health, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Commuter, transit, and parking benefits.
FSA and HSA options.
401(k) with employer match, including a day-one match and 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.
The role may be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.