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Gerin Amalaraj
Speed Up Your Android Tests: Gradle Plugin for Unit Test Filtering
Writing tests is a fundamental part of writing good software. They help us to catch bugs, be confident in our changes and serve as documentation. At Wealthfront, our Android team relies heavily on our automated test suite to maintain productivity and code quality — until we hit a snag. With our codebase maturing and our… Read more
Elan Medoff
Revamping Data Fetching Patterns on the Web Platform
Client-side data fetching is an essential part of the web app at Wealthfront. Traditionally, we fetched data from the Wealthfront API globally: we’d load all the data necessary for the entire page and store it in global state for components on the page to pull from. Crucially, the bulk of this data fetching logic was… Read more
Connor Littleton
Navigating the Monorepo Tooling Landscape:Wealthfront’s Journey
In this blog post, we will delve into the topic of Monorepo adoption at Wealthfront. We will start by discussing the technical challenges posed by the previous tech stack and how switching to a new tech stack enabled us to modernize our web application. We will then take a closer look at the benefits of… Read more
Jeff Holt
The Wealthfront Engineering Intern Program: not all internships are built the same…
Universities excel at preparing students for their coming careers through foundational teaching. To complement this, Wealthfront seeks students who are motivated to gain professional experience before graduation by working as a software engineer within our 12 week summer internship program. Why intern at Wealthfront? As described in a recent blog post about the new college… Read more
Kal Iyer
Unlocking Your Potential: Join the New College Graduate Class at Wealthfront and Set Your Career on a Thriving Path!
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
Wealthfront Team
Automating Data Quality Checks on External Data
Written by Emily Shiue and Melissa Chen The code was simple: query the third party API, if the “ModifiedAt” date returned was more recent than ours, send a notification to our clients. We had all the unit tests, integration tests, and monitoring in place. It had been running smoothly in production for months. So how… Read more