Staff Backend Engineer, Altruist
$203-249k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
Open for applications
All-in-one platform for financial advisors and their clients
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$203-249k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make financial advice better, more affordable, and more accessible to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Experience - 6+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems with best engineering practices
- Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees
- Technical aptitude - You’re technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes)
- 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 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 Staff Back End Engineers to join our growing Engineering organization
- We have multiple teams hiring for high impact & high visibility projects
- Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, helping to mentor other engineers and develop impactful solutions
- Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
- Focus on building and scaling services and user facing web applications
- Build customer centric scalable and performant applications and features
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT processes
- Build new data integrations based on established requirements
- Perform data analysis to investigate and resolve data issues
Application process
- Our recruitment team will work with you to match you to the right opportunity to help you grow your career at Altruist
Our take
The world of wealth management is changing fast, and financial advisors are feeling the strain. Between managing client expectations, navigating complex regulations, and keeping up with endless admin tasks, there's little time left for what really matters, helping clients make smarter financial decisions. And that's where Altruist comes in, set out to modernize custodial services, making it easier and more efficient for advisors to manage portfolios, handle compliance, and deliver great client experiences without getting buried in paperwork or outdated systems.
Its a technology-driven custodian built specifically for financial advisors and it combines powerful digital tools with custody services to simplify how advisors run their businesses. The company recently launched HAzel, and AI-powered assistant designed to take on the day-to-day tasks that slow advisors down (think note-taking, email drafting, and meeting summarising). Hazel even pulls insights from firm data, emails, and documents to give personalized, context-aware answers to questions. And by integrating tools like Salesforce and Redtail., Hazel acts like a smart teammate that helps advisors stay organized and focused on clients.
Like many fast-growing tech firms, Altruist has had to make some tough decisions along the way. The company recently laid off around 15% of its workforce as part of a plan to sharpen its focus on the most impactful parts of its business. Deepsite that, CEO Jason Wenk says Altruist is having a record with assets up 50%, revenue per employee climbing 70%, and a clear path to profitability. With this strong growth, zero debt, and the rollout of Hazel, Altruist is proving it can innovate and scale sustainably.
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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
- Grow your career: Altruist is a thoughtful, fast-growing company that values high achievers.
- Our success is your success: Be rewarded for doing great work - competitive compensation and equity for all team members.
- Take care of yourself: Health, dental, and vision coverage, available on your first day.
- Work-life integration: We work hard and respect everyone’s whole selves.
- You're welcome here: Altruist is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to inclusivity.
Company HQ
McManus, Culver City, CA
Leadership
Jason Wenk
(Founder & CEO)Began 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.
Mazi Bahadori
(COO/CCO)Mazi joined Altruist in 2019 as CCO and VP of Securities, adding COO to his title in 2023. Prior to this, he served as the CCO and Director of Operations at Aspiration and as the VP and Legal & Compliance Specialist at PIMCO.
Harpreet Ahluwalia
(CPO)Harpreet joined Altruist in 2019 as VP of Product Management, becoming CPO in 2022. Prior to this, he was a VP of Product Management at ServiceTitan for 4 years and Head of Product at Citysearch for 3 years.
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