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Senior 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 Senior Back End Engineer at Altruist, you will lead engineering best practices while mentoring other engineers and developing impactful solutions. Your responsibilities will include building identity and access management capabilities, improving AWS infrastructure, enhancing database performance, and ensuring the reliability of production systems. This role requires you to independently manage projects from design to implementation, focusing on creating secure and scalable services for clients in the wealth management industry.

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

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems
  • Ability to own a well-defined problem end to end and drive it to production
  • Primarily a backend engineer but comfortable working across the stack
  • Experience in security, scale, or infrastructure
  • B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees
  • Technologically savvy and able to quickly learn modern tech stacks

Nice to have

  • Full-stack experience with a backend lean
  • Domain exposure 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
  • Salary range provided, but specifics on bonuses and total compensation are vague
  • Focus on security and scalability may indicate a complex tech environment

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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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