Senior Engineering Manager, Financial Platforms
Alto
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Be a Part of Something Big
At Alto, we're changing the way people invest for the future.
For too long, only the ultra-wealthy could afford to benefit from alternative investments, and that meant a lot of missed opportunities for everyday investors. Alto was founded on the belief that a diversified portfolio is essential to investing for the future, and that's only possible if everyone can invest in the assets they're truly interested in.
So we created a solution that allows ordinary people to invest their tax-advantaged retirement funds into non-traditional assets, like real estate, startups, securitized artworks, cryptocurrency, and more.
By joining Alto's growing team, you'll be helping to make our mission a reality. And you'll work with some truly unique people who are passionate about what they do. We're also pretty big on celebrating individuality—after all, one of our core values is "you do you." And we actually live it. Really.
To learn more about our team and working with us, please visit our Before You Apply page, which features videos of our CEO and other team members answering questions about working at Alto.
We are a remote organization, but we have a preference for candidates in Nashville, TN, Boulder, CO, and New York, NY.
Team Summary
The Financial Platform Team owns the foundation of Alto. If you are fascinated by integrating with banks, crypto providers, money movement, and investment management systems, this team is for you. This team is responsible for providing the overall ledger of all transactions at Alto and enabling our reporting for compliance purposes. They own a number of micro-services that deal with order routing, ledgering, and user account management.
As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Financial Platform team, you’ll ensure our projects are estimated and moved along through our Agile Scrum process. You’ll be a go-to resource for anything your team needs. You’ll mentor, grow, and empower your team by giving them the skills, confidence, space, and motivation to make their own choices that aid their personal and professional success and enable them to become technical leaders.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with Product Managers to lead cross-functional teams in developing a technical roadmap that aligns with customer and business needs.
- Work at the forefront of our financial platform, implementing new technologies to enable exciting investment opportunities for our customers.
- Participate in technical design and system architecture of your team.
- Provide thorough code reviews and feedback to your team.
- Coach and empower engineers, fostering their career advancement and technical leadership.
- Lead Agile Scrum ceremonies, including daily scrums, grooming/estimating sessions, and sprint retrospectives and planning.
- Collaborate and align with other Engineering leaders across the organization.
- Foster a blameless culture that focuses on problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Source and hire the talent necessary to grow a team with diverse perspectives, and help your peers do the same.
- Oversee the daily workflow of the department, conduct regular 1:1 meetings with direct reports, and provide constructive and timely performance evaluations.
What You'll Need
- 3+ years of experience managing small teams of engineers.
- 5+ years of experience in software development.
- Experience in building SaaS products.
- Experience integrating with one or more of the following: banks, crypto providers, money movement, billing and payment rails, and/or investment management systems.
- Proven track record of leading diverse and distributed teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent higher degrees are welcomed.
- Previous experience with the following languages/technologies/frameworks (or an equivalent) in a production environment is preferred: React, Typescript, Go, PHP, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate teams.
- Collaborative partnership mindset focused on business impact.
- Comfortable working in a high-paced Agile environment with ambiguity.
- Excellent communication skills.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- A desire to build upon your leadership skills to better serve your team and the teams around you.
- You’ve experienced rapid growth in your company.
- You’re involved in the open-source and tech community.
- Experience with FINRA.
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Why Alto?
We answered your most pressing questions before you apply here. We are a dynamic and collaborative team, all working towards a common goal. With every interaction, you feel our culture throughout our company. We care about diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and every voice is heard. We also care most about our people. We show it through our actions, and we offer a lot of really great benefits, including:
- A generous open PTO policy
- Comprehensive health insurance options for employees
- 401(k) with company match up to 3% yearly
- Equity as a part of your compensation
- A competitive compensation and benefits package
- 12 paid holidays
- Discounted and/or free Alto investor accounts
- Four to 12 weeks paid parental leave
- A remote-first culture - work from home or our Nashville office
- Flexibility to work from anywhere in the US
- An emphasis on work-life balance
- No-meeting Fridays
Well, what are you waiting for? Apply already! :)
Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination of Any Kind
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