Senior Site Reliability Engineer

altruist; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and equity

Premium healthcare, dental, and vision

401k with 4% match and immediate vest

Job summary

Altruist is seeking an experienced SRE to join the Platform team in a hybrid role based in Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area. You will focus on performance and resilience of backend systems, collaborating with engineering leadership and product teams to deliver robust solutions.

The role emphasizes secure coding, observability, incident response, and automated testing. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in backend services, strong Java/Spring Boot skills, and a preference for fintech/SaaS

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building scalable backend services in B2B/Fintech/SaaS.
• Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience with SQL databases (Postgres, MySQL).
• Familiarity with containerization/orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering preferred, practical experience also valued.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve backend services for scalability and resilience.
• Enhance observability and implement Open Telemetry, logging, and SLOs.
• Own Incident Response processes and follow-ups.
• Advocate automated testing and CI/CD practices to ensure code quality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Kafka

Temporal

Snowflake

Job description

About Altruist

Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. We partner with financial advisors nationwide, empowering them to grow, optimize time and resources, and deliver superior outcomes for their clients.

We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all. If you're passionate about challenging the status quo and want to do the most important work of your life, we'd love to meet you!

But first, our values

• Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness. We listen to understand. We embrace, and encourage healthy debate and diverse perspectives. We approach conflict openly, honestly, and respectfully.
• Brilliance - Humility is the skill we're most proud of and possessing a growth mindset is always top of mind. We take ownership in everything we touch; regularly using our unique superpowers to reach a common goal as a team. We succeed and fail as one.
• Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it's hard. We are nimble and maintain a sense of urgency, swiftly adapting to change and overcoming obstacles.

This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles (Culver City) or the San Francisco Bay Area (FiDi), with an expectation of being in the office at least three days per week.

The opportunity

Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire a high performing SRE to join our growing Platform team. In this role, you will focus on performance and resilience of robust backend systems across all product teams. You will collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and cross-functional teams to solve challenging technical problems and deliver exceptional solutions. You will contribute to solutions with shared infrastructure that benefit all of Altruist.

Your impact

• Mentor and guide teams in implementing secure coding practices to ensure code is both performant and resilient against security vulnerabilities.
• Implement best practice observability with Open Telemetry, logging, standard SLOs,
• You will own the Incident Response process design and followups
• Employ automated testing practices to ensure high-quality code.

What you bring

• Experience - 3+ years of experience building scalable backend services at a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization
• Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs.
• Expertise in microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres, MySQL).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes and Helm
• Understand the importance of performant and reliable systems
• Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Software Engineering but experience and understanding are just as important
• Technical aptitude - You're technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (i.e. Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake)
• Ownership - The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable
• Superb communication - Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.
• Resilience - We're inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way.
• Assurance - Your confidence is brilliant, yet ego-less. You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives.
• Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You're instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

Bonus points if you bring

• Expertise with AI (Claude ) best practices
• Proficient with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Experience with managing tabletop exercises
• Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, pipelines in Gitlab a plus.
• Familiarity with tooling such as Terraform, Debezium, Temporal, and Open Telemetry
• Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services industry.

Los Angeles, CA salary range

$181,000 - $225,000 USD

What we bring

• Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.
• Competitive pay and equity for eligible positions.
• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO).
• 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
• 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment.
• Professional grow