WHO WE ARE:
TIFIN is a fintech platform transforming the world of wealth through AI-powered personalization and investment intelligence. Backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Franklin Templeton, and Motive Partners, we are led by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs, technology experts, and wealth management veterans.
Our mission is to create engaging wealth experiences that improve financial outcomes. Just as personalization has reshaped how we experience movies, music, and shopping, TIFIN is bringing that same transformation to investing, but with the added responsibility of helping people achieve better financial lives.
We combine design and behavioral science to power intuitive, user-centric software and application programming interfaces (APIs). Our investment science and algorithmic engines personalize advice and investment solutions at scale.
Everyone’s financial journey is different. We match individuals with the right advice and investment opportunities across our wealth marketplace and planning solutions.
OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT
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Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside to find our genius zones. With self-awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
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Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We value transparency. We communicate with radical candor, authenticity and precision to create a shared understanding. We challenge, but once a decision is made, commit fully.
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I Win for Teamwin. We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and we take full ownership of our work. We inspire each other with our energy and attitude. We fly in formation to win together.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
We are looking for an VP Engineering, Technical Lead at TIFIN to work across multiple conversational AI products for the retail investor, financial advisor, and employee. Success will require hands-on development skills, architectural experience related to systems design and data infrastructure, and technical leadership across multiple teams. This person will report to the CTO and work closely with CEOs, Engineering, Product, and Data Science to drive development and product delivery. The ideal candidate has experience in a startup or scale-up environment.
THE ROLE:
- Participate in architectural, design, and product sessions and be a crucial part of the decision-making process on overall technology direction
- Work closely with Product, Design, and other Devs to build customer-facing features
- Integrate with a wide array of tools and services via API
- Develop event streaming architecture to load data into a Customer Data Platform
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘big data’ technologies like Redshift and Glue
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
- Create datasets for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader
- Manage technical optimization for maximum speed and scalability
WHO YOU ARE:
- Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of increasing responsibility in fullstack or backend engineering roles, ideally in startup environments
- Real-world experience developing highly scalable solutions designed to democratize data to everyone in an organization
- Strong coding skills in Python
- Experience designing and building ETL pipelines
- Ability to work comprehensively with various databases (Postgres, SQL, MongoDB, etc.)
- Track record of choosing the proper transit, storage, and analytical technology to simplify and optimize the user experience
- Ability to thrive in a highly demanding, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment
- Highly flexible, good tolerance for ambiguity, and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities
- A top performer with a proactive approach who has a “doer” & problem-solver mentality
- An exceptional team player with strong communication skills
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:
The expected starting salary range for this position in Colorado is between $150,000 - $200,000. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
TIFIN offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible PTO policy and Company-paid holidays
- Parental Leave: 12 week paid maternity, 6 week paid paternity leave
- Corporate Social Responsibility and volunteering opportunities
- Access to our Chief Mindfulness Officer for Mindfulness events and 1:1 personal coaching
- Company sponsored events like mindfulness events, development workshops, team dinners, pickleball games, happy hours, holiday parties and more!
- The ability to make a real impact in an incredibly fast-growing organization
TIFIN is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
