Staff DevOps Engineer, Altruist
$203-249k
+ Equity
All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
Be an early applicant
All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$203-249k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make financial advice better, more affordable, and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a proactive problem solver who can mentor junior engineers, lead teams through technical initiatives, and drive innovative DevOps solutions
- Experience - 8+ years of experience working in DevOps or a related field
- Mastery of Kubernetes (K8s) ecosystem (Helm, Vault, Docker, CNIs)
- Prior experience as a technical lead
- Extensive experience with AWS services such as RDS, CloudWatch, Kafka and advanced networking (Transit Gateways, Load Balancing, DNS)
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and other tools
- Strong hands-on experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and DataDog
- Advanced proficiency in GitLab CI/CD and automating complex pipelines
- Proficiency in Linux environments, shell scripting, and at least one modern programming language
- In-depth knowledge of system architecture and distributed systems design
- Proven experience designing and implementing disaster recovery infrastructure
- 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
- 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
What the job involves
- Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our growing team, and we’re open to Senior and Principal level candidates as well
- In this role, you’ll demonstrate expertise in managing and scaling complex infrastructure, leading automation initiatives, and implementing advanced SRE practices
- With a strong background in Kubernetes, AWS services, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems
- Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure with Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS services
- Lead root cause analysis and implement comprehensive solutions to prevent future incidents
- Establish advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using tools like Prometheus and DataDog
- Design and optimize complex CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, ensuring seamless deployment workflows
- Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices to enhance system resilience
- Oversee and optimize network configurations, security groups, VPCs, and other cloud networking elements
- Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning
- Design and implement disaster recovery strategies, including automated failover mechanisms
- Drive resource optimization initiatives to improve performance and reduce costs
- Experience with AWS Enterprise security best practices and frameworks
- Serve as a senior escalation point during on-call rotations and incident management
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2024
$169m
SERIES E
Apr 2023
$112m
SERIES D
Total funding: $449.5m
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 values
- First and foremost we believe in treating everyone with kindness, respect, and equality
- Brilliance at Altruist means constantly striving to better your craft with a growth mindset, always learning
- Lastly, we have grit—a bias toward action and an insatiable appetite for getting things done to bring us closer to delivering on our mission
Company HQ
McManus, Culver City, CA
Articles
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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