Altruist · 2 hours ago
Senior Back End Engineer, AI Products
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $226K/yr
6+ years expAltruist is transforming the wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. The Senior Back End Engineer will be responsible for architecting robust systems, building scalable data pipelines, and collaborating with product managers to enhance AI products.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Demonstrate an eagerness to: Deeply understand the industry, the opportunity and our users, interact with them and learn about their needs and frustrations
Architect robust systems across data, model and product layers that bring our vision to life
Build scalable data pipelines to store, sync and extract large amounts of information from unstructured and structured data
Optimize our search and retrieval infrastructure to parse all relevant extracted information to produce grounded, accurate and low latency responses to user queries
Collaborate with product managers and subject matter experts to build steerable AI systems
Craft and maintain evaluation datasets, scoring modules and integrate them into our deployment pipeline to continuously monitor and improve the quality of our AI products
Proactively identify, unblock and mitigate risks that can minimize our chance of timely success
Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, mentoring other engineers towards maximizing impact
Stay ahead of the curve with latest developments in machine learning, AI and how it can be leveraged to build industry leading products
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience contributing towards building ML systems at scale, in a production setting
Experience building and/or using ranking or recommender systems
Experience with generative AI products
Experience with vector databases, search indices, or other data stores for search and retrieval use cases
Bachelors/Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field
A deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and sound software engineering principles
Excellent problem solving skills
Ability to break down a complex problem into simpler constituent parts
Ability to know when to take a first principles approach and when not to reinvent the wheel
Intentional communication skills
Unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity faced
Preferred
Familiarity with statistical and mathematical underpinnings of machine learning and large language models
Benefits
A hybrid work schedule for most positions to promote strong, in-person collaboration and a healthy work-life-balance.
Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.
Competitive pay and equity for eligible positions.
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.
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, entertainment and travel, etc.).
Financial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).
One month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).
Total compensation includes a competitive benefits package, along with equity in the form of Stock Options (ISOs) for eligible roles.
Company
Altruist
Altruist is a modern custodian that offers a digital investment platform for financial advisors to manage their clients' investments.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (27)
2024 (17)
2023 (9)
2022 (20)
2021 (6)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$601.5MKey Investors
GICICONIQ GrowthInsight Partners
2025-04-22Series F· $152M
2024-05-02Series E· $169M
2023-04-10Series D· $112M
Leadership Team
Jason Wenk
Founder / CEO
Marc Greenberg
Chief Financial Officer
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