Senior Data Engineer, Altruist

• Experience - 8+ years of experience working with data lakes and data warehouses (such as Snowflake); at an established financial services or fintech organization. Familiarity with one or more object oriented programming languages (Python or Java preferred). Extensive experience working with highly sensitive data at a custodian, asset manager, clearing firm, or similar company
• Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Technical aptitude - You have strong data modeling and data analysis skills with prior experience working with
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Data Orchestration tools such as Airflow
• Data Replication tools such as Debezium and Airbyte
• Data Management tools such as DBT
• Integrating with AWS Cloud Services
• Big data tools such as EMR, Hadoop, Spark etc
• CI/CD Tools such as Jenkins and Gitlab
• 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

• Altruist is entering an exciting growth phase, and we’re seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Team.
• In this role, you’ll lead data initiatives for our Clearing platform, driving efforts to centralize data sources, create trusted datasets, optimize and enhance data pipelines, and develop new data export pipelines for partner integrations
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT processes
• Build new data integrations based on established requirements
• Collaborate with product and business teams to build and enhance core data models
• Perform data analysis to investigate and resolve data issues
• Manage data replication, data tooling and support integrations for Redis, ElasticSearch, Postgres and Snowflake databases
• Provide support to product teams to understand available data marts, how to integrate with the data platform, and evangelize data best practices

• 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

Total funding: $601.5m

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.