Staff Site Reliability Engineer

About Altruist

Altruist is the modern custodian built exclusively for independent financial advisors that combines a self-clearing brokerage firm with intuitive software for account opening, trading, reporting, and billing — all in one streamlined solution. Financial advisors across the U.S. have partnered with Altruist to reduce costs, save time, grow their business, and provide better outcomes for their clients. Our mission is to make financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to everyone — but we can’t do it alone. We’re seeking exceptional talent to join our team. That’s where you come in! 

If you’re passionate about challenging the status quo and making a meaningful impact in the financial advice industry, 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.

The opportunity

Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire our first Staff 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.​

Your impact

• 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 junior SREs and 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.​

What you bring

• Experience - 10+ years of experience working in Site Reliability Engineering or a related roles: 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.​
  • Experience with Apache Spark and AI technologies: Familiarity with big data processing frameworks and AI integration is a big plus.​
• Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science.
• Technical aptitude - You’re technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks.
• 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.<