{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"cb2913143a244cc59ea9fb20","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cb2913143a244cc59ea9fb20","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cb2913143a244cc59ea9fb20","title":"Staff Back End Engineer, Data","description":"About Altruist\n\nAltruist 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.\n\nWe'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!\n\nBut first, our values\n\nKindness - 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.\n\nBrilliance - 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.\n\nGrit - 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.\n\nThe opportunity\n\nWe're looking for an AI-native Staff Software Engineer who combines creative thinking with business acumen. You’ll shape the technical direction of our data and AI platforms and stay hands-on in building systems that help financial advisors deliver exceptional client service.\n\nAs a senior individual contributor, you’ll lead complex initiatives across teams, turn ambiguous business needs into practical technical plans, and build frameworks that other engineers can use. You’ll own outcomes from design through production, balancing delivery speed with reliability, security, and cost.\n\nYour impact\n\nSet technical direction for scalable data pipelines and data serving platforms, aligning architecture and investment decisions with business priorities.\nDesign and build high-performance systems that manage the full lifecycle of financial data, from ingestion and transformation to serving and consumption.\nCreate shared frameworks and platforms that establish AI as a core company capability, including reliable ways for AI applications and agents to access trusted data.\nIdentify opportunities to improve advisor experiences and internal workflows with AI. Partner with product and engineering teams to define success, validate approaches, and deliver measurable results.\nLead initiatives spanning multiple teams, clarify technical tradeoffs and dependencies, and guide delivery from initial design through rollout and ongoing operation.\nEstablish standards for data quality, observability, and recovery. Partner with Security to protect sensitive data and make access controls part of system design.\nImprove query performance, platform reliability, and infrastructure efficiency. Resolve complex production issues and address their underlying causes.\nAdvance the effective use of AI throughout the software development lifecycle while maintaining accountability for correctness, security, and maintainability.\nMentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise engineering standards through clear technical guidance and hands-on contributions.\n\nWhat you bring\n\nExperience - 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading complex platform or distributed systems initiatives and delivering results across teams.\nHands-on engineering - Strong proficiency in Python or Java, strong SQL skills, and the ability to design, build, debug, and operate production systems.\nData platforms - Deep experience with databases, data warehouses, ETL or ELT pipelines, and mature data processes at scale. You understand data modeling, query optimization, and the tradeoffs between batch and real-time processing.\nDistributed processing - Experience with large-scale offline processing and batch pipelines using Spark or similar frameworks, including failure recovery and performance tuning.\nCloud infrastructure - Experience designing and operating cloud services, especially on AWS, with working knowledge of Kubernetes, deployment practices, and observability.\nAI fluency - Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code, sound judgment about their limitations, and the ability to help others use them effectively. You can identify practical applications of AI and evaluate whether they solve the business problem.\nTechnical leadership - Experience setting architectural direction, writing clear technical proposals, building alignment across teams, and mentoring engineers without relying on formal authority.\nBusiness judgment - The ability to turn ambiguous needs into clear priorities, make pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions, and balance immediate delivery with long-term platform needs.\nOwnership - You take responsibility for business outcomes, carry changes through production, and support the systems you build.\nCommunication - You listen carefully, explain complex ideas clearly, and work effectively with technical and nontechnical partners.\nResilience and humility - You navigate uncertainty, learn from setbacks, and adapt your approach when evidence or a different perspective calls for it.\nCreative problem solving - You question assumptions, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions to difficult problems.\nEducation - B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nPreferred experience\n\nSnowflake, Airflow, or dbt in production environments.\nBuilding and operating AI applications, agent frameworks, or shared services for governed data access, with evaluation and monitoring.\nFinancial services data or other environments where data accuracy, privacy, and reliability are essential.\n\nSan Francisco, CA salary range\n\n$203,000 - $275,000 USD\n\nWhat we bring\n\nAttracting and retaining top-tier talent is a priority. We are proud of the culture we’ve built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape. Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.\n\nStunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.\nCompetitive total compensation.\nPremium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO).\n401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.\n16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment.\nProfessional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.\nCompany perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).\nFinancial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).\nOne month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).\n\nTotal compensation includes a competitive benefits package, along with a bonus program for eligible roles. For salaried positions, 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.\n\nDon’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. 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We partner with financial advisors nationwide, empowering them to grow, optimize time and resources, and deliver superior outcomes for their clients.\n\nWe'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!\n\nBut first, our values\n\nKindness - 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.\n\nBrilliance - 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.\n\nGrit - 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.\n\nThe opportunity\n\nWe're looking for an AI-native Staff Software Engineer who combines creative thinking with business acumen. You’ll shape the technical direction of our data and AI platforms and stay hands-on in building systems that help financial advisors deliver exceptional client service.\n\nAs a senior individual contributor, you’ll lead complex initiatives across teams, turn ambiguous business needs into practical technical plans, and build frameworks that other engineers can use. You’ll own outcomes from design through production, balancing delivery speed with reliability, security, and cost.\n\nYour impact\n\nSet technical direction for scalable data pipelines and data serving platforms, aligning architecture and investment decisions with business priorities.\nDesign and build high-performance systems that manage the full lifecycle of financial data, from ingestion and transformation to serving and consumption.\nCreate shared frameworks and platforms that establish AI as a core company capability, including reliable ways for AI applications and agents to access trusted data.\nIdentify opportunities to improve advisor experiences and internal workflows with AI. Partner with product and engineering teams to define success, validate approaches, and deliver measurable results.\nLead initiatives spanning multiple teams, clarify technical tradeoffs and dependencies, and guide delivery from initial design through rollout and ongoing operation.\nEstablish standards for data quality, observability, and recovery. Partner with Security to protect sensitive data and make access controls part of system design.\nImprove query performance, platform reliability, and infrastructure efficiency. Resolve complex production issues and address their underlying causes.\nAdvance the effective use of AI throughout the software development lifecycle while maintaining accountability for correctness, security, and maintainability.\nMentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise engineering standards through clear technical guidance and hands-on contributions.\n\nWhat you bring\n\nExperience - 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading complex platform or distributed systems initiatives and delivering results across teams.\nHands-on engineering - Strong proficiency in Python or Java, strong SQL skills, and the ability to design, build, debug, and operate production systems.\nData platforms - Deep experience with databases, data warehouses, ETL or ELT pipelines, and mature data processes at scale. You understand data modeling, query optimization, and the tradeoffs between batch and real-time processing.\nDistributed processing - Experience with large-scale offline processing and batch pipelines using Spark or similar frameworks, including failure recovery and performance tuning.\nCloud infrastructure - Experience designing and operating cloud services, especially on AWS, with working knowledge of Kubernetes, deployment practices, and observability.\nAI fluency - Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code, sound judgment about their limitations, and the ability to help others use them effectively. You can identify practical applications of AI and evaluate whether they solve the business problem.\nTechnical leadership - Experience setting architectural direction, writing clear technical proposals, building alignment across teams, and mentoring engineers without relying on formal authority.\nBusiness judgment - The ability to turn ambiguous needs into clear priorities, make pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions, and balance immediate delivery with long-term platform needs.\nOwnership - You take responsibility for business outcomes, carry changes through production, and support the systems you build.\nCommunication - You listen carefully, explain complex ideas clearly, and work effectively with technical and nontechnical partners.\nResilience and humility - You navigate uncertainty, learn from setbacks, and adapt your approach when evidence or a different perspective calls for it.\nCreative problem solving - You question assumptions, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions to difficult problems.\nEducation - B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nPreferred experience\n\nSnowflake, Airflow, or dbt in production environments.\nBuilding and operating AI applications, agent frameworks, or shared services for governed data access, with evaluation and monitoring.\nFinancial services data or other environments where data accuracy, privacy, and reliability are essential.\n\nSan Francisco, CA salary range\n\n$203,000 - $275,000 USD\n\nWhat we bring\n\nAttracting and retaining top-tier talent is a priority. We are proud of the culture we’ve built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape. Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.\n\nStunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.\nCompetitive total compensation.\nPremium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO).\n401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.\n16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment.\nProfessional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.\nCompany perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).\nFinancial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).\nOne month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).\n\nTotal compensation includes a competitive benefits package, along with a bonus program for eligible roles. For salaried positions, 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.\n\nDon’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.","datePosted":"2026-10-10T10:51:16.094Z","dateModified":"2026-10-10T10:51:16.094Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Altruis","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"cb2913143a244cc59ea9fb20"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cb2913143a244cc59ea9fb20"}}