Altruist is hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to play a key part in building and maintaining the reliability of the systems that power our fintech platform. You will help serve thousands of advisors and their clients across the country.
What You'll Do
- Lead the design and implementation of complex, scalable systems on AWS and Kubernetes.
- Support critical fintech business logic applications built in Java.
- Mentor other engineers and champion reliability best practices.
- Own strategies for incident response, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to define and monitor SLOs/SLIs.
- Drive initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and infrastructure cost-efficiency.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or a related role.
- Expertise in AWS services and Kubernetes, including infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
- Strong programming skills and experience with automation frameworks.
- Experience supporting Java-based business applications.
- B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science.
- Technological aptitude and ability to get up to speed on modern tech stacks.
- Ownership and pride in work.
- Superb communication skills.
- Resilience and determination.
- Assurance and confidence with strong knowledge base.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with DevOps infrastructure tools and AI technologies.
- Experience with Apache Spark.
Technical Stack
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Java
- Apache Spark
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $200,000—$250,000 USD (San Francisco, CA range) + equity: Stock Options (ISOs) for eligible roles.
- Hybrid work schedule for most positions.
- Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX.
- 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.
- Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation.
- Company perks program (discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel).
- Financial guidance program.
- One month work from anywhere policy (with exceptions).
Work Mode
This role operates on a hybrid schedule with office locations in Los Angeles (Culver City) and the San Francisco Bay Area (FiDi).
Altruist values a culture of kindness, brilliance, and grit. We are an equal opportunity employer.
