Job Description

About Altruist

Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. We partner with financial advisors nationwide, empowering them to grow, optimize time and resources, and deliver superior outcomes for their clients.

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!

But first, our values

Kindness - Kindness doesn’t just equal niceness. We listen to understand. We embrace, and encourage healthy debate and diverse perspectives. We approach conflict openly, honestly, and respectfully.

Brilliance - Humility is the skill we’re most proud of and possessing a growth mindset is always top of mind. We take ownership in everything we touch; regularly using our unique superpowers to reach a common goal as a team. We succeed and fail as one.

Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it’s hard. We are nimble and maintain a sense of urgency, swiftly adapting to change and overcoming obstacles.

About Hazel

Hazel is building the AI engine for wealth management that helps unlock 10x growth, efficiency and value for financial advisors and their clients in a regulated industry. Since its launch last September, Hazel has organically and rapidly grown its user base.

Hazel is a part of Altruist’s broader mission to make financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all.

The opportunity

We recently launched hazel.ai , an AI assistant that has ~10x’d users in one month and are excited to hire a Sr. Full Stack Engineer to build out an improved customer onboarding experience and AI financial planning features.

This role is hybrid, with four in-office days per week at our San Francisco FiDi location.

Your impact

• Customer focused - Demonstrate an eagerness to...
  
  
  
  • Deeply understand the industry, the opportunity and our users
  
  
  • Interact with them and learn about their needs and frustrations
  
  


• Design and execution - Build easy-to-use and robust systems across the frontend and backend that bring our vision to life


• Relentless - Proactively identify, unblock and mitigate risks that can minimize our chance of timely success


• Leadership - Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, mentoring other engineers towards maximizing impact


• Curiosity - Stay ahead of the curve with latest developments in machine learning, AI and how it can be leveraged to build industry leading products

What you bring

• Experience - 4+ years of software engineering experience building customer/consumer-facing web applications with best engineering practices
  
  
  
  • 1+ years full stack engineering experience designing and developing key product features from UI to backend services
  
  


• 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 (We use React.js, Typescript, GraphQL, Python, Microservices, AWS)


• 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.


• Bonus points:
  
  
  • Experience building external customer-facing AI products
  
  

San Francisco, CA salary range

$200,000 - $250,000 USD

What we bring

Attracting and retaining top-tier talent is a priority. We are proud of the culture we’ve built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape. Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.

• A hybrid work schedule for most positions to promote strong, in-person collaboration.


• 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 after one year of employment.


• 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, 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. For salaried positions, a salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, internal pay equity, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs regularly to ensure  fair, equitable, and competitive pay. At Altruist, we are committed to providing fair, equitable, and competitive compensation by leveraging market data to inform our pay bands. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically in conjunction with performance review cycles. By evaluating compensation on a regular basis, we are able to reward high performance and ensure all employees have opportunities for growth.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Altruist we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Immediate start

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