Principal Back End Engineer, Altruist

• Experience - 8+ years of experience working as a software engineer at a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization
• 8+ years of building scalable RESTful back-end services using Java and Spring Boot framework
• Proven experience in the fintech industry with a deep understanding of clearing and securities and asset classes
• Ability to implement microservices architecture for backend services to deliver highly distributed and resilient architecture
• Strong understanding of design patterns, and implementation of, event-driven architecture
• Implement and believe in automated testing like unit/integration test
• 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 (Java,Springboot, AWS, SQL)
• Strong grasp over database technologies using SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres
• Strong understanding of caching technologies like Redis
• Working knowledge of Docker/Container technologies like Kubernetes or ECS
• Proven experience with Scalability, Availability, Reliability, Performance, Resilience, and Observability
• 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
• Technology Leadership - Serve as a thought leader for backend engineering, ensuring best practices in system design, coding, and performance optimization
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers on the team
• Drive technical decision-making processes and collaborate with product management to align technical goals with business objectives
• Resilience - We’re inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way
• Assurance - 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
• Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You’re instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks
• Domain Knowledge - Deep understanding of financial industry concepts, particularly broker-dealer operations, clearing and settlement processes, and margins

Desirable

• Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire a Principal Back End Engineer to join our growing Credit and Lending team
• Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
• Design, build, and scale robust systems for high performance and efficiency
• Deliver RESTful APIs with microservices
• Integrate data from multiple custodians, aggregating, modeling, and loading the data into a transactional and warehouse system
• Solve complex problems within an event-based environment
• Work on complex calculations in a consistent and accurate manner