Altruist
Senior Back End Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Senior
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$4,051 more — $189,051 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $189,051 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire Senior Back End Engineers to join our growing Engineering organization.
- We have multiple teams hiring for high impact & high visibility projects, with a particular focus on the security, scalability, and reliability of the platform our clients trust with their assets.
- Our recruitment team will work with you to match you to the right opportunity to help you grow your career at Altruist.
Responsibilities
- Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, helping to mentor other engineers and develop impactful solutions
- Independently take a defined problem from design through implementation and into production
- Build and extend identity and access management capabilities: authentication, authorization, RBAC, and OAuth/OIDC flows
- Implement improvements to our AWS and cloud infrastructure, including its security posture, configuration, and operational guardrails
- Partner with our Security/CISO team to turn identified gaps into durable engineering fixes you design and ship
- Focus on building and scaling services and user-facing web applications that are customer-centric, performant, and secure
- Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.
Requirements
- You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives
Nice to have
- Improve database performance, security, and optimization across high-volume, transactional systems
- Harden APIs, services, and distributed systems against failure and abuse
- Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
- Full-stack with a backend lean (a plus) - You're primarily a backend engineer but comfortable working across the stack
- a core engineering background is preferred over a purely product-focused one
- Domain exposure (a plus) - Fintech, payments, or other security-sensitive, highly regulated environments
Compensation
- Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.
Benefits
- Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees
- 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.
- Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).
Company info
- We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all.
- But first, our values Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness.
- Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it's hard.
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