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Base Salary
$185k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end functional testing for platform services across API, event, contract, and database layers.
- Design and validate service contracts and identify breaking changes before they affect downstream teams.
- Build and maintain Java test automation using REST Assured and Postman, with Playwright or Selenium where applicable.
- Write SQL and perform data validation across API behavior, event streams, and persisted state.
- Test asynchronous and event-driven flows, including retries, idempotency, ordering, and failure recovery.
- Verify security fixes and authentication and authorization paths.
- Detect configuration drift and integrate automated test suites into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Assess change blast radius and define regression scope for shared platform services.
- Partner with platform engineers to build testability into services from the design stage.
- Manage test cases and defects in Jira and champion continuous improvement across the testing function.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as a QA Engineer or Software Test Engineer, ideally in B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS.
- Strong hands-on experience testing backend services and APIs, including exploratory and contract-level testing.
- Experience testing microservices and distributed systems and managing automated regression coverage.
- Experience building and executing test plans with cross-functional teams in agile environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Proficiency with SQL, Java or another object-oriented language, REST Assured, and Postman.
- Ability to learn and work with backend technologies such as Spring Boot, Postgres, Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake.
- Preferred experience with GitLab pipelines, data encryption for personally identifiable information, Kafka, Debezium, Temporal, OpenTelemetry, performance testing, feature flags, and AI-powered applications.
- Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services, including margin, options, account types, and trade lifecycle, is a bonus.
Benefits
- Office locations are available in Culver City, San Francisco, and Dallas, with a one-month work-from-anywhere policy subject to country exceptions.
- 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 and financial guidance programs.
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About Altruist
Altruist builds a custodian and wealth management platform for independent registered investment advisors, combining account opening, trading, portfolio management, billing, and reporting in one system. The company generates revenue as a brokerage custodian and through advisor software and services. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Culver City, California, it is privately held and serves RIAs across the United States.