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Staff Back End Engineer

Altruist · Los Angeles, CA

Posted 6 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
6 days
Altruist's roles stay open a median of 36 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
10% of Altruist's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Altruist
high
33 stale, 0 reposted of 81 open
Hiring momentum
98 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Altruist's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Altruist.

About this role

As a Staff Back End Engineer at Altruist, you will lead engineering best practices, mentor other engineers, and develop solutions focused on security, scalability, and reliability. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing identity and access management capabilities, strengthening AWS infrastructure, improving database performance, and ensuring production reliability. This hybrid role requires collaboration with various teams to deliver customer-centric web applications and services.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Altruist as an employer.

What you need

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems
  • Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, and Kubernetes
  • Strong backend engineering skills with some full-stack capability
  • Proven track record of building security, scale, or infrastructure solutions
  • B.A. / B.S. degree in Computer Science or related fields
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively

Nice to have

  • Experience in fintech, payments, or other security-sensitive environments

What you get

  • Competitive total compensation
  • Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting
  • 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • Company perks program including discounts on various services

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid role with an expectation of being in the office three days a week
  • No specific mention of team size or structure
  • Salary range provided is broad, which may indicate variability based on experience
  • Emphasis on building and shipping solutions rather than purely reviewing code

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Listed by Altruist on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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