# Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure at Altruist

- Company: Altruist
- What the company does: The AI-forward wealth platform and custodian that unifies account opening, trading, portfolio management, billing, and reporting. Backed by Insight and ICONIQ.
- Company website: https://altruist.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://altruist.com/join-altruist/6203772004?gh_jid=6203772004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/altruist-staff-software-engineer-cloud-infrastructure/

## About the role

We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all. If you're passionate about challenging the status quo and want to do the most important work of your life, we'd love to meet you!

## What they're looking for

- Own domains, not just tasks. You will be the technical authority for critical infrastructure areas (e.g., EKS platform, observability strategy, DR architecture, or AI infrastructure) and drive their roadmap
- Define technical direction. Author architectural decision records (ADRs), propose infrastructure standards, and influence engineering-wide technology choices through design reviews and RFCs
- Lead by action. Drive cross-team initiatives, align stakeholders, unblock other engineers, and represent infrastructure perspectives in leadership discussions and planning
- Multiply the team. Elevate the entire CIN team through mentorship, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and building reusable frameworks and golden paths that scale beyond your individual output
- Bridge infrastructure and business. Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear recommendations for engineering leadership, product teams, and compliance stakeholders
- Cloud Infrastructure Architecture & Platform Engineering

Tags: Engineering