Engineering Manager, Product

The Product Engineering Team has the challenging mission of distilling complex investment concepts and operational workflows into a set of high quality and intuitive user experiences.  We are a mix of frontend, backend, and fullstack specialists that collaborate with our partners in Product and Design to deliver solutions that unlock new investment opportunities for financial advisors and their clients.

Engineering Managers at Opto sit at the intersection of technical leadership, delivery management, and people development.  This is a high impact role that requires excellent communication and organizational  skills in addition to strong hands-on technical skills.  You will work closely with our in-house investment experts to bring new features to life as we constantly iterate on building a world-class investment experience.

Your Day-to-Day will include:

• Delivery Management
• Be accountable for delivery of engineering projects in alignment with Product priorities on mutually agreed upon timelines
• Keep stakeholders (including executive leadership) informed of key milestones (project completion, releases, new features, etc) and challenges (roadblocks, reprioritizations, customer escalations, etc)
• Maintain team roadmap and backlog in cooperation with Product
• Identify and manage dependencies on other teams / services / 3rd parties
• Work with engineering leadership and Recruiting to ensure your team is properly resourced
• Unblock issues faced by the team
• Contribute directly to technical projects as needed
• Technical Leadership
• Provide technical direction on engineering project work
• Research and make recommendations on technology choices toward evolving and standardizing our application architecture
• Establish and enforce standards and processes within your areas of ownership while striving for consistent development patterns across the engineering organization
• People Management
• Set clear goals and areas of ownership with your team members and manage progress toward those goals
• Provide coaching and mentorship toward professional development of your team members
• Meaningfully contribute to a collegial, fun, and trust-filled working environment

You are a hands-on fullstack engineering leader that deeply understands the software development lifecycle and the pre-eminent software frameworks and design patterns.  You have a high comfort level with ambiguity and intimately understand the challenges of working in a fast-paced startup environment.  You possess sufficient investment experience and/or interest to develop and communicate your own vision for the future of Opto’s product.  You have strong communication skills and the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration toward the delivery of innovative investment solutions.

Desired Skills

• Experience building scalable systems, modeling financial data, and building intuitive, feature-rich user interfaces
• Experience interfacing with financial technology APIs and data providers
• Experience designing and building REST APIs
• Experience with cloud computing architectures and tooling - particularly AWS
• Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, and a desire to influence the products being built
• Highly analytical mindset, with an ability to see both the big picture and the details
• Dedication toward delivering the best client experience
• Experience with agile software development across the entire software development lifecycle
• Ability to identify and develop talent through coaching and mentorship
• Excellent communication skills and grace under pressure

Background

• 4 year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent work experience)
• 5+ years software development experience
• 2+ years engineering management experience
• Track record of delivering engineering solutions in a fast-paced environment as an individual contributor and as a manager
• Track record of building and growing healthy and collaborative teams
• Demonstrated background / interest in investment management
• Strong communication skills

Compensation and Benefits

Opto has a high bar for talent, and we are committed to building the best teams possible. Candidates are never subjected to discrimination based on race, citizenship, religion, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, sensory, mental, or physical disability, or any other characteristic.

The successful candidate for this role can expect a generous compensation and benefits package. The cash salary range for this role is $195,000-$300,000 dependent on skills, experience and expected contribution. 

All full time employees at Opto enjoy:

• Significant equity
• Health, dental, and vision
• Unlimited PTO
• Retirement savings plan (401k)
• Learning & WFH stipends