or apply directly on Altruist's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 12 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 Site Reliability Engineer at Altruist, you will focus on enhancing the performance and resilience of backend systems across various product teams. Your role involves mentoring teams on secure coding practices, implementing observability best practices, owning the incident response process, and employing automated testing to ensure high-quality code. Collaboration with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams is key to solving technical challenges and delivering effective solutions.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- 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
- 3+ years of experience building scalable backend services at a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization
- Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs
- Expertise in microservices architecture and distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres, MySQL)
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes and Helm
- Understanding of performant and reliable systems
Nice to have
- Expertise with AI best practices
- Proficient with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
- Experience with managing tabletop exercises
- Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, pipelines in Gitlab
- Familiarity with tooling such as Terraform, Debezium, Temporal, and Open Telemetry
What you get
- Competitive total compensation
- Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO)
- 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 including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee
- Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.)
Worth weighing
- Hybrid role with an expectation of being in the office at least three days per week
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Java and Spring Boot, which may indicate a reliance on established technologies
- Salary range provided is specific to San Francisco, which may not reflect other locations
- The role emphasizes mentoring and guiding teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
Summarised from Altruist's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Altruist on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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