Senior Engineering Manager, API & Auth Platform

Betterment

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$200,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $205k
This role $215k
$151k most similar roles pay here $271k

This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $162,425–$247,525 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $205k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Betterment

Betterment is an automated investment service (robo-advisor) that uses technology to provide personalized investment management, retirement planning, and savings optimization at low cost for retail investors. Industry: Financial Technology & Wealth Management

Betterment currently has 14 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $172,500–$205,000 across 14 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, API & Auth Platform

As Sr Engineering Manager – API & Auth Platform, you will lead a team of senior and staff engineers responsible for stewarding shared GraphQL API frameworks, authentication and access control systems, and internal tooling platforms. You will drive the technical direction of GraphQL APIs powering customer-facing web and mobile applications while collaborating with operations, support, and compliance partners to ensure rigorous security standards. The role involves managing complex infrastructure including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and passkeys while navigating new identity patterns for AI agents and tools like MCP servers. You will balance reliability, developer experience, and platform capabilities to solve technical challenges in a regulated financial services environment. Your work ensures that internal systems remain secure and scalable, providing the necessary foundation for other product teams to build and operate services with confidence and high-quality standards.

What does a Engineering Manager earn?

Median $254300 from 121 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead and grow a team of senior and staff engineers building shared API, authentication, and internal tooling platforms.
  • Drive the technical strategy for GraphQL API frameworks powering customer-facing web and mobile applications.
  • Manage authentication and authorization systems to ensure they align with modern industry best practices.
  • Sequence the team roadmap to balance reliability, security, developer experience, and platform capabilities.
  • Integrate AI-native tools and agentic workflows into the API infrastructure within a regulated financial environment.
  • Partner with IT, security, and compliance teams to establish robust governance and permission models.
  • Establish and maintain high standards for shared systems while ensuring they are accessible to internal teams.
  • Cultivate blameless incident response procedures and invest in observability for both developers and internal users.

What we're looking for

  • Experience managing senior and staff individual contributors.
  • Ability to provide architectural direction, perform code reviews, and contribute to the codebase.
  • Proven track record leading teams that own shared platforms used by multiple internal departments.
  • Experience managing shared API platforms, ideally GraphQL.
  • Hands-on experience with modern authentication and authorization patterns like OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and passkeys.
  • Experience partnering with IT, security, and business leaders on governance and permission models.
  • Ability to balance rapid development with high standards for customer quality and regulatory requirements.

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