Engineering Manager

About SmartAsset:

SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice, whose mission is helping people make smart financial decisions, reaching over an estimated 59 million people each month (as of January 2025) through our educational content and personalized calculators and tools. To extend our mission, we also operate SmartAsset Advisor Marketing Platform (AMP), which helps connect consumers with fiduciary financial advisors.SmartAsset has earned recognition on the Inc. 5000 (#2574 in 2023) and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ (#250 in 2022) lists. Currently, SmartAsset ranks on Y Combinator’s list of Top 100 Companies. A successful $110 million Series D funding round in 2021 valued the company at over $1 billion.

*Other than application and licensing fees, SmartAsset did not provide compensation for the aforementioned awards.

About the team: 

You’ll be working with a growing team responsible for the content management architecture at SmartAsset. This team is working to build out the future content management systems to create, serve, and innovate on the financial information that attracts our users and has built our brand. Your role on this team will involve leading the build and migration of our new content management system while working closely with our organizational architects to design the future of how we serve content."

About the Role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager, Web Platform to lead, coach and mentor teams responsible for maintaining and modernizing our complex web architecture. In this role, you will manage balancing technical advancements with ongoing product demands, while ensuring we continue to deliver value to our users.

This is a unique opportunity to work on a platform that impacts millions of users making critical financial decisions. As part of a dynamic, growth-oriented company, your leadership will shape the evolution of our web platform and make a tangible difference. You’ll be working in a collaborative, transparent, and mission-driven culture, where engineering excellence and innovation are at the core of everything we do.

The ideal candidate will be a strong leader who can set technical direction, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive execution. If you’re excited about leading a talented engineering team and shaping the future of financial decision-making technology, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive engineering best practices in software development, ensuring high code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Act as a technical leader, helping the team navigate architectural decisions and complex problem-solving.
• Identify and remove roadblocks to enhance team productivity and efficiency.
• Drive the design and development of scalable, high-quality software solutions that support SmartAsset’s mission.
• Oversee the evolution of our web platform, balancing technology modernization with meeting product roadmap requirements.
• Partner closely with product managers, and stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and level up engineering talent.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing insights to the team and business.

What We’re Looking For

• 7-10 years of software engineering experience, and 3-5 years in a leadership or management role.
• Passion for mentorship, coaching, hiring, and helping engineers grow in their careers.
• Proven track record of leading teams in agile environments, with a track record of shipping high-quality, scalable web applications.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders.
• Technical background in software development, with expertise in modern web technologies, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and system design.  (CMS technologies like WP a plus)
• Experience working in fintech, consumer technology, or a data-driven environment is a plus.

Available Benefits and Perks: 

• All roles at SmartAsset are currently and will remain remote- flexibility to work from anywhere in the Contiguous US.
• Medical, Dental, Vision - multiple packages available based on your individualized needs
• Life/AD&D Insurance - basic coverage at 100% company paid, additional supplemental available 
• Supplemental Short-term and Long-term Disability
• FSA: Medical and Dependant Care 
• 401K
• Equity packages for each role
• Time Off: Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Financial Literacy Mentoring Program
• Pet Insurance
• Home Office Stipend

SmartAsset is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at Recruiting@smartasset.com.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, Washington, and New York City residents*  Salary range: $176,000-$230,000 per year+ RSUs + benefits.

Salary at SmartAsset is determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location within the contiguous United States.