Development Manager, Wealthsimple

API Platform

Salary not provided
TypeScript
GraphQL
Ruby
Hive
Senior level
Remote from Canada
Wealthsimple

Professional investing services made simple

Job no longer available

Wealthsimple

Professional investing services made simple

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeInvestingFinancial ServicesSocial Impact

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
TypeScript
GraphQL
Ruby
Hive
Senior level
Remote from Canada

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeInvestingFinancial ServicesSocial Impact

Company mission

To help everyone achieve financial freedom.

Role

Who you are

  • On the API Platform team we value thoroughness, open-mindedness, leadership, and collaboration
  • Our tech stack: GraphQL; TypeScript and Ruby; ApolloServer and ApolloClient; GraphQL Hive and technologies from The Guild; Real-time subscriptions and websockets; PostGraphile

What the job involves

  • Be the people leader for API Platform and have multiple direct reports
  • Develop the individuals on your teams to ensure everyone can be challenged, fulfilled, and growing in their career
  • Set clear expectations and hold a high bar for quality and team performance
  • Create, refine, and deliver on a roadmap for the team and bring best-in-class API design to Wealthsimple
  • Identify opportunities for improvement and innovation across engineering with a focus on APIs, GraphQL, integrations, and future-proof designs
  • Make great, informed decisions and influence the rest of the organization to deliver impact
  • Build deep context and become a subject matter expert in order to lead with confidence, clarity, and best practices
  • Develop a general understanding of the Wealthsimple business and products

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Insights

Top investors

-10% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Retirement savings matching plan through Wealthsimple Work
  • Company equity for full-time employees
  • Access to Premium Client perks, including personal finance learning & advice and a boosted interest rate on deposits
  • Paid parental leave (6 months topped up to 100% of salary)
  • 20 vacation days per year
  • 90 Days Away program
  • Top-tier health benefits
  • Life & disability insurance
  • Generous sick and mental health days
  • Employee resource plan including services like RMT, psychology, and physiotherapy
  • Up to $5,000 per year for mental health supports
  • Gender Affirmation benefits
  • Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
  • Up to $1,500 per year for wellness and home office expenses
  • Employee resource groups
  • Social impact hours

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

May 2021

$536.3m

LATE VC

Oct 2020

$87m

LATE VC

Total funding: $836.4m

Our take

Wealthsimple is one of a crop of robo-advisors trying to democratize investment management. These companies are disrupting the industry by automating many of the processes involved in investment removing the need for human advisors.

But while other so-called robo-advisors are focused on courting the high end of the market, Wealthsimple is trying to provide the same types of tools and advice to all users, regardless of the amount they have to invest.

Wealthsimple does have higher fees than some other robo-advisors such as Betterment and Charles Schwab. However, the company believes that it provides a more user-friendly platform, tailored to millennials who will be attracted to Wealthsimple due to its ease of use and social impact offerings.

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