About the position 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! The opportunity Altruist is in the midst of an exciting phase and we’re excited to hire a Staff Trust & Safety Engineer to join our growing Security team. Your expertise will ensure our products are secure. Your impact You will be partnering with our Fraud team to ensure Altruist is the most trusted broker dealer in the industry and minimize financial losses to our end users, RIAs, and company (in that order). You will design end client authentication systems partnering with product and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with our Fraud team to ensure Altruist is the most trusted broker dealer in the industry and minimize financial losses to our end users, RIAs, and company.
• Design end client authentication systems partnering with product and engineering.
• Lead large scale initiatives in fraud and security.
• Partner with Product to build security, risk and fraud into the Product Development Life Cycle.
• Respond to large scale security and fraud events.
• Build, support and design systems that function at scale.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working in fraud, security or anti-abuse.
• Experience leading large scale initiatives in fraud and security.
• Experience partnering with Product to build security, risk and fraud into the Product Development Life Cycle.
• Industry recognized expert in fraud.
• Expertise in threat intelligence, dark web research and understanding the latest fraud and security trends.
• Experience in responding to large scale security and fraud events.
• Ability to build, support and design systems that function at scale.
• Comfortable being a one person team.
• A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or relevant experience.
• Technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks.
• Use AI to its maximum extent to solve hard problems faster and quicker than others.
• Pride in every aspect of your work.
• Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.
• Unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way.
• Confidence is brilliant, yet ego-less. You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives.
• Instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience designing fraud resilient products in the financial services industry.
• World class knowledge of fraud topics such as: account take over, credential stuffing, financial fraud (such as ACH).
• Deep understanding of malware targeting financial institutions.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule
• Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces
• 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)
• Stock Options (ISOs) for eligible roles