Senior Engineering Manager

Betterment; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Healthcare coverage (medical, dental,视

One Medical membership

Sabbatical after six years

Flexible time off

In-office culture

Job summary

Betterment is seeking an Engineering Manager for Broker Dealer to lead and mentor a backend team building scalable trading technology. You will guide architecture, ensure robust delivery, and collaborate with Product, Operations, Legal, and Compliance to align roadmaps with business goals.

You’ll balance delivery speed with long-term quality, help grow engineers, and drive effective technical decision-making while maintaining system stability and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in formal Engineering Management of direct reports.
• 8+ years of experience in building and maintaining backend distributed systems using Java or a similar strongly typed programming language.
• Mentor and grow engineers to reach their potential.
• Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal and Compliance to deliver impactful solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 6-8 backend engineers building trading technology.
• Foster career development and align roadmaps with engineers' growth interests.
• Champion maintainability and reliability of the team’s technology.
• Balance speed of delivery with quality and correctness across projects.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Backend systems

Java

Code reviews

Stakeholder collaboration

People management

Tools

Java ecosystem

Distributed systems design

Job description

• 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
• Manage a team of 6-8 backend engineers who build innovative trading technology that powers our investing products
• Foster career development and align roadmap opportunities with each engineer’s growth interests, keeping them technically engaged
• Cultivate a team culture that values agility, accountability, constructive feedback, and celebrates successes
• 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
• Champion maintainability and reliability by advocating for the long-term stability of the technology your team builds
• Balance the need for speed of delivery with the importance of correctness and quality in every project your team undertakes
• Continuously refine team processes and practices to deliver high-impact, high-quality outcomes for the business and ensure the appropriately engineered solutions
• Develop deep domain and industry knowledge to be a highly effective partner across internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal and Compliance teams to ensure we consistently deliver the right sized solutions to the right problems

Benefits

• Compensation & Ownership: Competitive, benchmarked salary. Equity for everyone, including new hire, performance, and refresher grants.
• Retirement: 401(k) match from day one, including Student loan matching. Zero management fees.
• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. One Medical membership. Fertility and LGBTQIA+ transition support.
• Time Away: Flexible time off. Paid parental leave for all parents. Four-week sabbatical in year six.
• In-Office Culture & Flexibility: An in-person, collaborative culture, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays.
• Growth & Development: Free Coaching for everyone and continuous development.
• Community & Care: Chef lunches, guest speakers, company gatherings, heritage celebrations, and seven Employee Resource Groups.
• Employee Support: Dedicated benefits advocate and EAP access.

Experience managing, mentoring, and inspiring talented engineers, guiding them toward excellence in both professional growth and project outcomesEffective collaborator capable of working with other engineering teams, product managers, subject matter experts, non-technical stakeholders and third party vendors to build and ship high quality softwareAbility to translate business strategy into Engineering initiatives that drive delivery of meaningful outcomesExperience cultivating high-performing teams that focus on speed of execution and the rigor to maintain qualityA history of fostering accountability and ownership, motivating teams to take initiative and consistently deliver right sized solutionsAbility to adjust leadership style to meet the evolving needs of the team and the businessA proven track record to rapidly close knowledge gaps, enhancing productivity and establishing trust within the organization3+ years of experience in formal Engineering Management of direct reports8+ years of experience in building and maintaining backend distributed systems using Java or a similar strongly typed programming language