Staff Back End Engineer, Data

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Staff Back End Engineer, Data in USA

Altruist
Full time
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USA
10/09/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for scalable data pipelines and data-serving platforms.
Design and build high-performance systems for financial-data ingestion, transformation, serving, and consumption.
Create shared frameworks and platforms that enable AI applications and agents to access trusted data.
Partner with product and engineering teams to identify, validate, and deliver AI-enabled improvements.
Lead cross-team initiatives from design through rollout and ongoing operation.
Establish standards for data quality, observability, recovery, and sensitive-data access controls.
Improve query performance, platform reliability, and infrastructure efficiency while resolving production issues.
Advance effective and accountable use of AI in software development.
Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise engineering standards through hands-on technical guidance.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience leading complex platform or distributed-systems initiatives across teams.
Strong proficiency in Python or Java, strong SQL skills, and experience designing, debugging, and operating production systems.
Deep experience with databases, data warehouses, ETL or ELT pipelines, data modeling, query optimization, and batch versus real-time processing.
Experience with large-scale offline processing and batch pipelines using Spark or similar frameworks, including failure recovery and performance tuning.
Experience designing and operating cloud services, especially AWS, with working knowledge of Kubernetes, deployment practices, and observability.
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code and sound judgment about their limitations.
Experience setting architectural direction, writing technical proposals, building alignment, mentoring engineers, and making pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions.
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred: production experience with Snowflake, Airflow, or dbt.
Preferred: experience building and operating AI applications, agent frameworks, or governed data-access services with evaluation and monitoring.
Preferred: financial-services data experience or work in environments requiring high data accuracy, privacy, and reliability.

Benefits

Premium HMO and PPO healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans.
401(k) savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
16 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment.
Professional growth opportunities, an employee mobility program, and an annual learning and development budget.
Company perks program with discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, travel, and more.
Financial guidance program covering debt, spending, savings, planning, and home-purchasing preparedness.
One month of work-from-anywhere eligibility, except for a few countries.
Office locations include Culver City, San Francisco, and Dallas, with the listed role based in San Francisco.

Salary: $203k - $275k/yr

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