SmartAsset

About SmartAsset: SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset's mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists of fastest growing companies in 2021, SmartAsset closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020.  About the Team: This is an unparalleled opportunity to build data product experiences that serve one of the most fundamental human needs to find financial security and freedom through products & services that inspire trust at scale, and provide accurate interactive answers to important personal finance questions—and that's where you come in.   About the Job: We are looking for an exceptional Product Manager to join our team and help build the next generation of financial products. This role will help support the growth of the SmartAdvisor, the largest Financial Advisor marketplace in the U.S.    Responsibilities: Lead the development of a product strategy and roadmap aligned with company goals and informed by market research and user feedback. Work closely with the data science, application engineering, and concierge teams to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet user needs Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders, including executives, product teams, and cross-functional teams, providing regular updates on project status, soliciting feedback, and addressing concerns. Define KPIs and implement mechanisms for tracking and analyzing product performance, using data-driven insights to identify areas for improvement and drive continuous optimization. Skills / Experience You Have: Minimum 3 years of product management experience: Demonstrated track record of successfully leading, delivering, and scaling product development initiatives, preferably in the technology or financial services industry. Experience in managing delivery with cross-functional teams: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with data science, application engineering, and customer service teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget. Strong understanding of user experience principles: Experience conducting user research, gathering feedback, and translating insights into actionable product improvements that enhance the overall user experience. Analytical skills and data-driven decision-making: Proficiency in analyzing data metrics, defining key performance indicators (KPIs), and using quantitative insights to inform product strategy and drive business outcomes. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills: Ability to effectively communicate product vision, priorities, and progress to internal and external stakeholders, build consensus, and navigate competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Skills / Experience Preferred: Experience working with Salesforce platforms and development teams Proven track record defining and delivering data products (e.g algorithms, XaaS) Proficiency in SQL (Structured Query Language) for data analysis and manipulation, enabling the ability to query databases, extract insights, and inform product decisions. Experience designing and implementing A/B tests using platforms such as Google Optimize, Optimizely, or similar tools, to optimize product features and user experiences through iterative experimentation. Familiarity with Agile principles and practices, such as Scrum or Kanban, and experience working in Agile development environments, facilitating sprint planni

About SmartAsset: SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset's mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists of fastest growing companies in 2021, SmartAsset closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020. About the Team: You’ll be working as part of an essential team making important decisions and improvements to our engineering platform. You’ll work closely with the product delivery teams and support initiatives that span across their various applications from the ground up. You’ll get the opportunity to work with many other talented individuals and feel that you’re making an impact in the work that you’re doing. About the Job: Responsibilities: Empower product delivery teams to execute independently while meeting a high bar of excellence. Identify and deliver capabilities as part of an engineering platform that help product delivery teams to succeed. Design and iterate on infrastructure-as-code templates and software libraries that help engineering teams move faster, including for applications, databases, edge infrastructure, AWS account infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and observability. Shape the engineering DevOps experience at SmartAsset, bundling up telemetry, tracing, logs, dashboards, ChatOps and alerting in a coherent way that supports strong collaboration and rapid issue resolution. Engage in a highly collaborative team environment where you leverage your experience to guide teams on cloud architecture, scaling patterns, development opportunities, cost savings, and vulnerabilities. Design, develop and integrate mature DevOps pipelines, including build automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), security, observability, and alerting. Develop a strategic roadmap and a strong agile backlog that supports adoption of cloud best practices and enables high-quality product delivery. Skills / Experience You Have: 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role Comprehensive DevOps experience in building, shipping, scaling, and operating Java web applications and services in AWS. Experience designing complex cloud solutions based on AWS and the ability to plan the implementation of these solutions. Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking about business, products, and technical challenges to stakeholders. Strong hands-on experience in AWS. A strong grasp of modern web application architecture. Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code in AWS with Terraform. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with familiarity working in an agile environment. Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment and the ability to be cross-functional.  Passion for having engineers as customers and for building the tools that enable other engineering teams to meet their objectives. A holistic, system-based mindset: an obsessive focus on the near and far-term problems in scope and the strategic architecture that will support teams in solving these problems. Dedication to the documentation of the systems, architectures, technical decisions and capabilities that our product delivery teams rely on to succeed. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Information Technology or Computer Science. Skills / Experience Preferred: 3+ years experience in an AWS cloud engineer / DevOps role Exposure to the Platform Engineering discipline where your customers are other engineers. Experience designing complex cloud solutions based on AWS and the ability to plan the implementation of