Altruist

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Altruist · San Francisco, CA

Posted 12 days ago

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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

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About this role

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Altruist, you will focus on enhancing the performance and resilience of backend systems across product teams. Your role involves mentoring teams on secure coding practices, implementing observability best practices, managing the Incident Response process, and employing automated testing to ensure high-quality code. Collaboration with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams will be key to solving technical challenges and delivering robust solutions.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 7+ 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
  • Education: B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent experience

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, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs
  • Salary range provided, but may vary based on multiple factors
  • Company emphasizes a commitment to diversity and encourages candidates who may not meet all qualifications to apply

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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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