Betterment Careers in NYC

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Build innovative trading and money-movement technology that empowers people to make the most of their money, so they can live better. Solve “impossible” problems. Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat. Collaborate, with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s revolutionary software even better. Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible. Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering. Work with people who care. Half of our team is made up of engineers but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools. We’re a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We’re smart, innovative, energetic, and lots of fun.

Build things people love. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible. Sleek design, efficient workflows, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice. Solve challenging problems and change an industry while you do it. Take your ideas to the next level right away and see the impact you can have. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat. Collaborate, with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s revolutionary software even better. Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers — you’ll build the tools to make it possible. We already have the best UX in the business. Let’s make it even better. Work with people who care. We’re a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We’re smart, innovative, energetic, and fun.

Build things people love. Our goal is to delight our customers whenever possible. Sleek design, efficient workflows, simple user experience, and access to sophisticated advice. Solve challenging problems and change an industry while you do it. Take your ideas to the next level right away and see the impact you can have. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat. Coach and mentor our engineers so they grow in their craft of creating and maintaining high quality software and supporting systems. Lead design reviews and perform code reviews, providing valuable and actionable feedback to peers. Collaborate, with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s revolutionary software even better.

Enjoy hands-on managing, mentoring, and inspiring a team of talented engineers. Have a real passion for software engineering and building what doesn’t yet exist. Expertise in Java, Spring, and Hibernate (or a similar server-side stack). Enjoy discussions about trading algorithms and mathematical optimization problems. Know when to make the trade-offs required to ship without compromising quality. Appreciate that investing in solid tests pays for itself several times over. Value agility and pragmatism in software development. Have a track record of leading highly productive engineering teams.

Betterment for Business is an award winning 401(k) partner that works as hard for your money as you work to earn it. We’re seeking a General Manager to lead a customer-focused b2b business. Our story is one you get - and you’re excited to tell it. We started this business out of frustration with the lack of innovation in the 401k space, and a desire to bring the same values and service available to our retail customers to the employer space. You understand that success is not just about hitting our sales goals today, but empowering an organization to scale for years to come. We have ambitious goals - to be the fastest growing offering in the market - and you’re looking for exactly that sort of career-defining challenge. 

You’re a performance marketer at heart and get psyched about new ways to introduce people to products that can help them live better. You know how to build relationships and negotiate with affiliate partners in order to drive meaningful customer growth with positive ROI. You have a deeply data-driven, systematic, and creative mindset, which you’ve applied to successfully optimize affiliate marketing portfolios and programs. Attribution and modeling excites you, and you don’t rest until you can tell thoughtful data stories to evolve your execution strategies. Data not immediately available? No problem! You think creatively to develop frameworks to assess both effectiveness and opportunity. 

Execute on our broker-dealer compliance functions. Work with the broker-dealer Operations and Trading teams to ensure regulatory compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Complete the annual review of the broker-dealer’s compliance program and independent AML audit. Manage broker-dealer core compliance obligations, including, registration processes, continuing education, annual training. Update written supervisory procedures and draft desktop procedures for broker-dealer functions. Assist with our regulatory and annual compliance examinations. Monitor employee communications in accordance with the firm’s e-surveillance program. And so much more!

You are a talented and focused product manager. You are a natural collaborator and love being part of a cross-functional team. You relish rolling up your sleeves and explaining complex requirements to engineers, designers, and data analysts...and you also can build effective, high-performing relationships with technical and strategic partners outside the company. You are masterful in prioritizing effectively and making tradeoffs across a range of tasks and initiatives. You live for iteration and know that the job of building software is never done.