Staff Back End Engineer

Posted on 11/7/2023

201-500 employees

Integrated platform for independent financial advisors offering account

Company Overview

Altruist is a modern custodian for RIAs that combines essential technology with excellent customer service, enabling advisors to efficiently manage their practices. The company's intuitive software streamlines account opening, trading, reporting, and billing processes, making it a preferred choice for over 1,800 independent advisors. Altruist's commitment to transparency and conflict of interest disclosures, as evidenced by their detailed testimonial disclaimers, further underscores their industry leadership and dedication to ethical business practices.

Fintech

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$280.5M

Founded

2018

Headquarters

Culver City, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 21%

1 year growth

↑ 33%

2 year growth

↑ 138%

Locations

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

AWS

Docker

Java

MySQL

Postgres

Redis

REST APIs

SQL

Kubernetes

NoSQL

Cassandra

CategoriesNew

DevOps & Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Requirements

8+ years of building scalable RESTful back end services using Java and Spring Boot framework
Experience mentoring other engineers
Implemented microservices architecture for backend services for delivering highly distributed and resilient architecture
Implement and believe in automated testing like unit/integration test
Experience using Swagger for API documentation, SonarQube for code quality
Strong grasp over database technologies using SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, HBase/Cassandra, Redis
Strong understanding of caching technologies like CDN, Redis, Memcache
Working knowledge of Docker/Container technologies like Kubernetes or ECS

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Engineering Manager, product and business teams
Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
Focus on building and scaling systems
Integrate data from multiple custodians, aggregating, modeling financial data, and loading the data into a transactional system
Work on complex calculations to produce performance reporting in a consistent and accurate manner

Desired Qualifications

Experience building cloud infrastructure on cloud technologies like AWS
Familiarity with ELK stack to ensure we have consistent logging, monitoring and alerting built for the services
Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
Experience working with huge data set and be able to consumer/aggregate and summarizing results will be a huge advantage
Strong domain knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services

About Altruist

Altruist is a fast growing fintech company that’s transforming the financial advice industry. Our mission is to make financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to everyone. We’re a modern custodian built exclusively for registered investment advisors (RIAs). As we disrupt legacy custodians and revolutionize the $100T RIA market, we’re seeking exceptional individuals to join our team. If you embody our core values of kindness, brilliance, and grit, and are passionate about making a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

About the position

Altruist is entering an exciting phase, and we’re looking for a Staff Back End Engineer to join our Engineering team.

Please note: this is a hybrid role with on-site requirements of 3x per week in our Culver City office and we will not be considering remote candidates at this time.

What you’ll do

Work closely with the Engineering Manager, product and business teams
Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
Focus on building and scaling systems
Integrate data from multiple custodians, aggregating, modeling financial data, and loading the data into a transactional system
Work on complex calculations to produce performance reporting in a consistent and accurate manner

What you’ll bring

8+ years of building scalable RESTful back end services using Java and Spring Boot framework
Experience mentoring other engineers
Implemented microservices architecture for backend services for delivering highly distributed and resilient architecture
Implement and believe in automated testing like unit/integration test
Experience using Swagger for API documentation, SonarQube for code quality
Strong grasp over database technologies using SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, HBase/Cassandra, Redis
Strong understanding of caching technologies like CDN, Redis, Memcache
Working knowledge of Docker/Container technologies like Kubernetes or ECS

Bonus points

Experience building cloud infrastructure on cloud technologies like AWS
Familiarity with ELK stack to ensure we have consistent logging, monitoring and alerting built for the services
Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
Experience working with huge data set and be able to consumer/aggregate and summarizing results will be a huge advantage
Strong domain knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services

Los Angeles, CA salary range

$181,000—$226,000 USD

Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options
Premium Healthcare, Dental, and Vision insurance plans
Generous paid parental leave
401(k) savings plan with matching contributions
Flexible paid time off

Total compensation includes a competitive benefits package along with equity in the form of Stock Options (ISOs). A salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, internal pay equity, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs regularly to ensure fair, equitable, and competitive pay. At Altruist, we are committed to providing fair, equitable, and competitive compensation by leveraging market data to inform our pay bands. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically in conjunction with performance review cycles. By evaluating compensation on a regular basis, we are able to reward high performance and ensure all employees have opportunities for growth.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Altruist we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.