[Remote] Staff Back End Engineer, Trading

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. They are seeking a Staff Back End Engineer to join their Trading team, responsible for mentoring engineers, solving complex problems, and building scalable applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, helping to mentor other engineers and develop impactful solutions
• Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
• Focus on building and scaling services and user facing web applications
• Build customer centric scalable and performant applications and features
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT processes
• Build new data integrations based on established requirements
• Perform data analysis to investigate and resolve data issues

Skills

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems with best engineering practices
• 2+ years of recent experience building low latency trading systems at scale
• Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees
• You're technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes)
• 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 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

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 after one year of employment.
• 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).

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