Sr. Engineering Manager

Betterment HQ - New York City💼 Full-time💰 $210,000–$245,000🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of 6-8 backend engineers building innovative trading technology for investing products, balancing feature delivery with system stability and scale.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (Backend)

Builds

Trading technology and backend distributed systems for retail investing and retirement solutions

Domain

Financial Services / Trading Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Engineering management, backend distributed systems design, Java, team mentorship, technical decision-making, stakeholder collaboration, process refinement

Preferred skills

Domain knowledge in financial services, ability to translate business strategy to engineering initiatives

Technologies

Java

Responsibilities

Manage team of 6-8 backend engineers, foster career development, cultivate team culture, mentor engineers via code reviews, advocate for maintainability and reliability, balance delivery speed with quality, refine team processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC manager

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About Betterment

Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.  We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/ week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).