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# Staff Back End Engineers

- **Company:** Altruist Corp
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $181,000.0 - $265,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Spring-boot, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Pipelines, Microservices
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/bdb95e48-5e2c-4b34-95a6-77f5de140d5c

## About the Role

* Experience - 8+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems with best engineering practices
 * Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees
 * Technical aptitude - You're technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes)
 * Ownership - The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable
 * Superb communication - Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.
 * Resilience - We're inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along way
 * Assurance - Your confidence is brilliant, yet ego-less. You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives.
 * Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You're instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

## Description

* Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, helping to mentor other engineers and develop impactful solutions.
 * Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
 * Focus on building and scaling services and user facing web applications
 * Build customer centric scalable and performant applications and features
 * Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT processes
 * Build new data integrations based on established requirements
 * Perform data analysis to investigate and resolve data issues


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