Staff Site Reliability Engineer

altruist; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Parental leave

Equity

Job summary

Altruist is hiring a Staff SRE to focus on the performance and resilience of scalable backend systems across product teams. You will collaborate with engineering leadership, PMs, and cross-functional teams to solve challenging technical problems and deliver robust solutions.

You will mentor teams on secure coding, implement observability with Open Telemetry, own incident response processes, and promote automated testing to ensure high-quality code.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building scalable backend services in fintech/SaaS.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and SQL databases.
• Experience with microservices, containers, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Mentor teams in secure coding and resilient software practices.
• Implement observability with Open Telemetry and establish SLOs.
• Own incident response design and post-incident followups.
• Promote automated testing to ensure high-quality code.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

SQL

Postgres

MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Open Telemetry

Incident response

Cloud AWS

Kafka

Temporal

Snowflake

Education

B.A./B.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Kafka

Temporal

Open Telemetry

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 Staff 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 - 7+ 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.

San Francisco, CA salary range

$203,000 - $275,000 USD

What we bring

• Attracting and retaining top-tier talent is a priority. We are proud of the culture we've built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape. Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.
• 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.
• Professio