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# Senior Site Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Altruist Corp
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Reliability Engineering, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Snowflake, Spring-boot, Backend, Gitlab, Containerization, Debezium, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Claude, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-site-reliability-engineer-san-francisco-ca--39ca79f8-2813-47d7-a803-529c5ba6182f

## About the Role

Reliability Engineering, Wealth Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Financial Planning, Leadership, Team Lead/Manager, Cross-Functional, Problem Solving Skills, Technical Delivery, Mentoring, * Experience- 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
 * Understand the importance of performant and reliable systems
 * Education- Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Software Engineering but experience and understanding are just as important
 * Technical aptitude- You're technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (i.e. Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake)
 * 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 the 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.
 * Bonus points if you bring
 * Expertise with AI (Claude ) best practices
 * Proficient with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
 * Experience with managing tabletop exercises
 * Practiced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, pipelines in Gitlab a plus.
 * Familiarity with tooling such as Terraform, Debezium, Temporal, and Open Telemetry
 * Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services industry.

## Description

Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire a high performing SRE to join our growing Platform team. In this role, you will focus on performance and resilience of robust backend systems across all product teams. You will collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and cross-functional teams to solve challenging technical problems and deliver exceptional solutions. You will contribute to solutions with shared infrastructure that benefit all of Altruist.

Your impact

 * Mentor and guide teams in implementing secure coding practices to ensure code is both performant and resilient against security vulnerabilities.
 * Implement best practice observability with Open Telemetry, logging, standard SLOs,
 * You will own the Incident Response process design and followups
 * Employ automated testing practices to ensure high-quality code.