Engineering Manager: Lead 6-10 Engineers, Drive Quality

Wealthfront; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision and dental benefits

401K matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Wealthfront is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team of 6-10 engineers dedicated to execution and operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with tech leads and multiple functions to adapt to changing priorities, remove roadblocks, and shepherd projects through to production.

You will also drive organizational improvements, mentor engineers, and partner with Recruiting to build strong, inclusive teams, while aligning with Wealthfront's automation-first

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years as a software engineer developing and operating systems within the core business.
• 1+ years engineering management experience.
• Track record of leading productive engineering teams.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, coaching and developing engineers into top performers.
• Understanding of successful team dynamics and how your role as a manager fits into this process.
• Passionate about collaborative problem solving.
• Eagerness to solve challenging problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6-10 engineers in execution and operational excellence
• Collaborate with the tech leads and other functions (product management, design, product support, brokerage operations) to understand and respond to changing priorities
• Monitor and improve team productivity, remove roadblocks, identify and implement improvements to our process, and act as scrum master for the team
• Facilitate the exchange of information among all Wealthfront employees in a systematic manner
• Lead or contribute to effective organizational improvement within the engineering organization or Wealthfront
• Combine data-driven process and human empathy to iteratively develop and assess our collective teams and individual team members
• Evaluate technical abilities of individual engineers, in order to match them with projects which demonstrate their strengths and stretch them to grow
• Partner with Recruiting to build well‑rounded, effective, and inclusive engineering teams

Skills

Leadership

Engineering management

Hiring mentoring

Team dynamics

Collaboration

Problem solving

Challenging problems

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS

Job description

Wealthfront is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team of 6-10 engineers dedicated to execution and operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with tech leads and multiple functions to adapt to changing priorities, remove roadblocks, and shepherd projects through to production.

You will also drive organizational improvements, mentor engineers, and partner with Recruiting to build strong, inclusive teams, while aligning with Wealthfront's automation-first