Senior Back End Engineer (Platform)

• Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire a high performing Backend Engineer to join our growing Platform team. In this role, you will focus on developing and scaling robust backend systems and creating tooling used 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 services for shared infrastructure that benefit all of Altruist

• The role provides a lot of autonomy for design and implementation of projects to allow for maximum independence while working together with a team

• Design, build, and scale RESTful backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Postgres

• Implement architectures to create highly distributed and resilient systems in our AWS and Kubernetes based environment

• Mentor and guide teams in implementing secure coding practices to ensure code is both performant and resilient against security vulnerabilities

• Employ automated testing practices to ensure high-quality code

Benefits

• Grow your career: Altruist is a thoughtful, fast-growing company that values high achievers

• Our success is your success: Be rewarded for doing great work - competitive compensation and equity for all team members

• Take care of yourself: Health, dental, and vision coverage, available on your first day

• Work-life integration: We work hard and respect everyone’s whole selves

• You’re welcome here: Altruist is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to inclusivity- Superb communication - Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others

• Bonus points if you bring

• Resilience - We’re inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes and Helm

• Understand the importance of performant and reliable systems

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS

• Technical aptitude - You’re technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (i.e. Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake)

• Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, pipelines in Gitlab a plus

• Expertise with AI (Claude) best practices

• Ownership - The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable

• Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services industry

• Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs

• Familiarity with tooling such as Debezium, Temporal, and Open Telemetry

• 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

• Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres, MySQL)

• Expertise in microservices architecture and distributed systems

• Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You’re instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks

• Experience - 3+ years of experience building scalable backend services at a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization

• 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