About the Position

Senior Back End Engineer, Hazel AI

San Francisco, CA

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!

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 an AI engineer to build the AI engine at the heart of the product. This engine will:

Connect to our users’ systems of record,
Parse, extract, and store structured and unstructured information, and
Deliver proactive insights that convert data into actionable outcomes (save time, taxes & fees).

Your Impact

Customer focused - Demonstrate an eagerness to
Design and execution - Architect robust systems across data, model, and product layers 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 the latest developments in machine learning, AI, and how it can be leveraged to build industry-leading products

What You Bring

Experience - 6+ years with some of them contributing towards building ML systems at scale, in a production setting. Have built and/or used:
- Ranking or recommender systems,
- Generative AI products, or
- Vector databases, search indices, or other data stores for search and retrieval use cases
Education - Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field
Foundations - A deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and sound software engineering principles
Technical aptitude - You have excellent problem-solving skills, can break down a complex problem into simpler constituent parts, and know when to take a first principles approach and when not to reinvent the wheel
Intentional 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
Bonus Points - Familiarity with statistical and mathematical underpinnings of machine learning and large language models

What We Offer

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.

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 total compensation.
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).

Salary

San Francisco, CA salary range

$200,000-$250,000 USD

About the Company

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.

Senior Back End Engineer, Hazel AI

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