Engineering Manager

October 20

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Acorns

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Fintech • B2C

Acorns is a financial technology company that helps individuals save and invest their money through a variety of automated features. By using spare change from everyday purchases, Acorns offers a seamless way to start investing with its Round-Ups® feature and expert-built diversified portfolios. The company also provides additional services such as Acorns Later for retirement savings and Acorns Early for children's investment accounts. Acorns offers a smart money app with easy-to-use features designed to grow money skills among users, including a Bitcoin-linked ETF for cautious cryptocurrency exposure and ESG portfolios for sustainable investing. While Acorns is not a bank, it partners with financial institutions to offer Visa™ debit cards as part of their comprehensive financial service offerings.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

📋 Description

• Partner with Product and Design teams to ideate, implement, and analyze A/B tests aimed at improving our registration funnel conversion and other key growth metrics. • Guide your team in leveraging technologies like AWS Bedrock, RAG, and Agentic architectures to build and deploy innovative AI features and products, including our "Ask Acorns" in-app chatbot. • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-impact engineering team. • Work with your manager and team to establish priorities, including new features, infrastructure, and tool building. • Drive accountability by improving team processes, communication, and delegation of tasks and projects. • Act as a key advocate for your team, taking an active role in hiring, goal setting, performance management, and creating development plans to prepare employees for their next role. • Foster a collaborative environment that encourages success and innovation, while effectively managing team performance.

🎯 Requirements

• A proven track record in Growth engineering, including hands-on experience with A/B testing and conversion rate optimization. • Deep familiarity with AI/ML concepts and technologies, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), AWS Bedrock, RAG, or similar platforms. • Experience leading engineering teams in a fast-paced, product-driven environment. • A strong foundation in software engineering best practices. • 6+ years of relevant engineering experience in fast-paced environments. • 2+ years of experience managing software engineering teams. • Demonstrated experience motivating, supporting, and developing team members to meet performance expectations and build their careers. • Ability to align company vision and organizational goals with team execution. • Commitment to upholding policy and procedures per company standards. • Ownership of strategic decision-making and effectively communicating direction to team members. • Hunger to deliver game-changing products. • Exceptional drive and precision in delivery.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options. • A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family. • Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off. • 401(k) matching. • Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family. • Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth. • Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform). • Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders. • Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events. • Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers. • The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.