Senior Application Security Engineer, Altruist
$159-203k
All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
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All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$159-203k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make financial advice better, more affordable, and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- We'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!
- Experience - 4+ years of experience working as an Application/Product Security Engineer:
- Experience running bug bounty programs, including triage and assessment
- Experience in running pentests with third party security firms
- Extensive experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling
- Experience with tools such as Burp Suite
- Strong ability to work independently
- Education - A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Security or relevant experience
- Technical aptitude - You’re technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (i.e., Java, Spring, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.)
- 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
- 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
- Bonus points if you bring experience working in regulated environments
What the job involves
- Altruist is in the midst of an exciting phase and we’re excited to hire a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our growing Security team. Your expertise will ensure our products are secure
- The role is a mix of both red team and blue team – so you’ll be able to improve security defenses and offensively test Altruist’s security
- On the Blue Team side:
- Educate and train development teams on secure coding practices and emerging security threats
- Perform technical security assessments and code reviews
- Engage in threat modeling to anticipate potential security threats and develop strategies to mitigate them
- On the Red Team side:
- Pentest the Altruist web application, infrastructure, Android application and iOS application
- Run bug bounty programs and pentesting engagements
Our take
Altruist has created a cloud-based digital investing platform for independent financial advisors (IFAs). In the past, it’s been common for financial advisors selling products on a commission basis to have access to advanced digital systems, but not those working entirely independently.
Altruist brings an all-in-one platform to all IFAs, removing the need to use multiple programs to manage client accounts whilst bringing high quality assets to all investors, regardless of portfolio size.
Advisors can save time, compress costs and ultimately do more for their clients. Altruist operates a pricing model that scales up with the number of required accounts, unlike some competitor products such as Adviser and Intelliflo which charge a flat monthly subscription fee. Off the back of impressive funding, the company is set to expand its service offerings and support a wider range of RIAs as it becomes a truly comprehensive advising solution.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
67% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2025
$152m
SERIES F
May 2024
$169m
SERIES E
Total funding: $601.5m
Company benefits
- Be rewarded for doing great work: competitive compensation and equity for all team members
- Health, dental, and vision coverage, available on your first day
- Set future you up for success with 4% 401(k) matching
- Flexible time off and work hours to meet your needs
- Modern parental paid leave from day one, including 16-week adoptive, birth or foster paid leave, and 4-week child loss or miscarriage paid leave
Company HQ
McManus, Culver City, CA
Leadership
Jason Wenk
(CEO)Started their career as a Morgan Stanley System Analyst before co-founding Retirement Wealth as CEO in 2005. They also founded FormulaFolios in September 2011, before combining this financial and entrepreneurial experience to found Altruist in September 2018.
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