# Sr. Engineering Manager, Broker Dealer

**Company:** [Betterment](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/betterment)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $210k – $245k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Java, Backend Distributed Systems, Engineering Management, Team Leadership, Code Review, Technical Mentoring, System Scalability, Software Design, Stakeholder Management, Regulatory Compliance
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Engineering Manager leading 6-8 backend engineers building trading technology for a financial services platform. Requires 3+ years of engineering management and 8+ years building backend distributed systems in Java or similar.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Continuously refine team processes and practices to deliver high-impact, high-quality outcomes.
- 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.

## Requirements
- 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.
- Experience managing, mentoring, and inspiring talented engineers.
- Proven track record to rapidly close knowledge gaps and establish trust within the organization.
- History of fostering accountability and ownership, motivating teams to take initiative.
- Experience cultivating high-performing teams that focus on speed of execution and the rigor to maintain quality.
- Ability to adjust leadership style to meet the evolving needs of the team and the business.
- Effective collaborator capable of working with other engineering teams, product managers, subject matter experts, non-technical stakeholders and third party vendors.
- Ability to translate business strategy into Engineering initiatives that drive delivery of meaningful outcomes.

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