Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Altruist•Los Angeles, CA

12h•$181,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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! Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our growing team. This is a high-impact role where you'll play a key part in building and maintaining the reliability of systems that power our fintech platform—serving thousands of advisors and their clients across the country. 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.

Requirements

7+ years of experience working in Site Reliability Engineering or a related role: A proven track record of maintaining and improving system reliability.
Expertise in AWS services and Kubernetes, including infrastructure as code tools like Terraform: Deep knowledge of cloud services and container orchestration.
Strong programming skills and experience with automation frameworks: Proficiency in programming, scripting and automating tasks to enhance system efficiency.
Experience supporting Java-based business applications: Familiarity with Java application deployment and performance tuning.
Experience with DevOps infrastructure tools and AI technologies: Knowledge of tools that support DevOps practices and AI frameworks is a plus.
Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science.
You’re technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks.
The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable
Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.
We’re inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way.
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.
Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You’re instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Apache Spark and AI technologies: Familiarity with big data processing frameworks and AI integration is a big plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of complex, scalable systems on AWS and Kubernetes: Architect highly reliable infrastructure for a fast-growing, cloud-native platform.
Support critical fintech business logic applications built in Java: Ensure the systems that power our core advisor and investment tools are robust, secure, and high-performing.
Mentor other engineers: Champion reliability best practices and help grow a strong, collaborative engineering culture.
Own strategies for incident response, disaster recovery, and capacity planning: Help keep our systems resilient and our customers confident.
Partner with product and engineering teams to define and monitor SLOs/SLIs: Turn metrics into actionable reliability goals.
Drive initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and infrastructure cost-efficiency: Look for opportunities to automate, optimize, and scale smarter.

Benefits

A hybrid work schedule for most positions to promote strong, in-person collaboration.
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.
Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.
Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).
Financial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).
One month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).