My first time walking into Wealthfront’s office wasn’t the first day of my internship. Instead, it was 4 months prior, when I was flown out to Palo Alto for the onsite interview. Wealthfront was the only company that flew me out for an in-person interview. And it was awesome. Not just because the people were... Read more| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
We cut our end-to-end test times by nearly 30% - and reduced flakiness too! Learn how Wealthfront’s novel test filtering approach made our builds faster and more reliable.| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
Like many companies that use the cloud, Wealthfront uses AWS Lambda. And while our lambdas look pristine in the web console and perform their highly specific duties well, there’s quite a bit that happens before our lambdas get to that state–I’m referring to CI/CD. However, depending on the given lambda, the processes to deploy its... Read more| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
As you approach the final year of your university program, you have a pivotal decision coming that will shape your career trajectory. Your first job after graduation can be the stepping stone to a fulfilling and successful journey ahead. And when it comes to propelling your career, Wealthfront is among the best places to learn,... Read more| Engineering Blog – Wealthfront
Backing up data is a lot like insurance—we set it up, forget about it, and then panic when we need it most. A weak backup and restore strategy can turn a stressful situation into a disaster. In recent years, we started noticing some weak points in our own backup strategy and knew it was time... Read more| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
At Wealthfront, we build automated investing systems that manage client portfolios with meticulous care by incorporating a large set of rules, optimizations, and input data. Testing such complex systems is inherently challenging; small code changes can interact in unexpected ways, which makes it crucial to have a robust framework that validates our investing decisions. To... Read more| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
Our analytics team plays a vital role in maintaining high-quality data that drives everything from key reports to experiments aimed at improving our products. Ensuring data reliability is critical, and to achieve this, we’ve built a robust SQL testing library for Athena. A strong data foundation isn’t just about accuracy—it’s about reliability. That’s why testing... Read more| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
How we sped up iOS E2E tests by over 50% by making a small targeted change and replacing Apple's XCTWaiter with a faster alternative.| Engineering Blog - Wealthfront
How do you quickly move over 160TB of data between AWS and physical data centers? Is it a good idea to store database backups in the cloud? Today we’re going to explore how the Wealthfront DevOps team was able to reduce a multi-day database restore process to a handful of hours using open source tooling.... Read more| Engineering Blog – Wealthfront
Performance reviews are often a nebulous topic. All companies do them and they can be incredibly important to growth and success, both personally and professionally. Yet they are often a bit of a black box. At Wealthfront, we believe that one of the core goals of the performance review process is to help engineers grow... Read more| Engineering Blog – Wealthfront
