The Unanticipated Intern Experience
Two hours after I walked through the front door at Wealthfront, I pushed code to production. Two weeks after that I took part in conference calls to outside business partners. Two weeks after that I planned a critical feature with product managers. Two weeks after that I debated UI elements with the lead designers at… Read more
iOS UI Testing
I was initially attracted to Wealthfront by its great business model and engineering driven culture. But after visiting the office, I was convinced that I belonged to Wealthfront because of the strong emphasis on test driven development (TDD), continuous integration, and rapid deployment. Furthermore, a solid foundation had already been laid for the iOS initiatives… Read more
Building and Testing a Custom UIDatePicker
When building the new Add Funds flow for iOS, we needed a date picker to select the start date for a recurring deposit. Apple’s pre-built date picker (UIDatePicker) does not allow for visual customization. Having mostly dark backgrounds and light foregrounds, we needed to build our own date picking component (WFDatePicker). We already had a… Read more
Summer Spent Learning and Experimenting
Though my decision of where to spend my 2014 summer may not carry the same drama or headlines as Lebron’s summer decision, my experiences this summer would undoubtedly influence my pursuits after college. My priority was to find an internship program with supportive mentors and a company with an engineering backbone. In these aspects, Wealthfront… Read more
Learning from Leaders
As a student looking for internships, two points that mattered most to me were finding a place with great mentors and finding a place where I could build strong relationships. Two months into my internship at Wealthfront, I’ve looked back to evaluate whether I achieved my goals. To me, the most beneficial aspect of the… Read more
Lessons Learned when Scaling our Data Analytics Platform
Over the past year, we’ve gone from a single Java server running all analytics to a multi-node data pipeline. Along the way, we’ve refined our metrics for all parts of the business: from web and mobile analytics, to investment research, to trading and operations. We build metrics dashboards for everything we do, empowering us to… Read more