Albert Invent

The Software Engineer – SRE will be responsible for building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure that powers the Albert platform. This role focuses on automation, observability, and operational excellence to ensure seamless deployment, performance, and reliability of core platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a passionate representative of the Albert product and brand.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and other stakeholders to plan and deliver core platform capabilities that enable scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Work with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team on shared full-stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas.
• Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of all microservices.
• Design and deliver the mission-critical stack, focusing on security, resiliency, scale, and performance.
• Take ownership of end-to-end performance and operability.
• Apply strong knowledge of automation and orchestration principles.
• Serve as the ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues not yet documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Troubleshoot and define mitigations using a deep understanding of service topology and dependencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1 year in an SRE role focused on automation.
• Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IAC), preferably using Terraform.
• Proficiency in Python or Node.js, with experience designing RESTful APIs and working in microservices architecture.
• Solid expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and platform technologies including APIs, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with observability stacks, including centralized log management, metrics, and tracing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., CircleCI) and performance testing tools like K6.
• Passion for bringing automation and standardization to engineering operations.
• Ability to build high-performance APIs with low latency (<200ms).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, learning from peers and leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and contribute to team growth, including participation in recruiting activities.

Good to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or Datadog.
• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or reusable frameworks for engineering teams.
• Exposure to ML infrastructure or data engineering workflows.
• Experience working in compliance-heavy environments (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA).

To design, build, and optimize scalable data infrastructure and pipelines that enable efficient

data collection, transformation, and analysis across the organization. The Senior Data Engineer

will play a key role in driving data architecture decisions, ensuring data quality and availability,

and empowering analytics, product, and engineering teams with reliable, well-structured data to

support business growth and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring high performance,

scalability, and reliability.

• Collaborate with the API team and Data Science team to build robust data pipelines and

automations.

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand database requirements and provide

technical solutions.

• Optimize database queries and performance tuning to enhance overall system

efficiency.

• Implement and maintain data security measures, including access controls and

encryption.

• Monitor database systems and troubleshoot issues proactively to ensure uninterrupted

service.

• Develop and enforce data quality standards and processes to maintain data integrity.

• Create and maintain documentation for database architecture, processes, and

procedures.

• Stay updated with the latest database technologies and best practices to drive

continuous improvement.

• Expertise in SQL queries and stored procedures, with the ability to optimize and fine-tune

complex queries for performance and efficiency.

• Experience with monitoring and visualization tools such as Grafana to monitor database

performance and health.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on large-scale data systems.

• Proven experience designing data models and access patterns across SQL and NoSQL

ecosystems.

• Hands-on experience with technologies like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3, GraphQL, or

vector databases.

• Proficient in SQL stored procedures with extensive expertise in MySQL schema design,

query optimization, and resolvers, along with hands-on experience in building and

maintaining data warehouses.

• Strong programming skills in Python or JavaScript, with the ability to write efficient,

maintainable code.

• Familiarity with distributed systems, data partitioning, and consistency models.

• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and

debugging production bottlenecks.

• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), including networking, IAM,

and cost optimization.

• Prior experience building multi-tenant systems with strict performance and isolation

guarantees.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to influence cross-functional technical

decisions.

To design, develop, and maintain highly scalable, secure, and efficient backend systems that

power core business applications. The Senior Engineer – Backend will be responsible for

architecting APIs, optimizing data flow, and ensuring system reliability and performance. This

role will collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver robust

solutions that enable seamless user experiences and support organizational growth through

clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend services using Node.js.

• Collaborate with front-end developers and product managers to define and implement

API specifications.

• Optimize application performance and scalability by identifying bottlenecks and

proposing solutions.

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, and conduct code reviews to ensure

quality standards.

• Develop unit tests and maintain code coverage to ensure high quality.

• Document architectural solutions and system designs to ensure clarity and

maintainability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve

our tech stack.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent

experience).

• 7+ years of experience in backend development with a focus on Node.js and Javascript.

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL and NoSQL, such as DynamoDB, MongoDB,

PostgreSQL, etc.).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of cloud platform (AWS) and deployment best practices.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Good to have:

• Experience with front-end frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js).

• Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Familiarity with responsive design and user experience principles.

To lead the development of robust, scalable, and visually engaging frontend applications that deliver exceptional user experiences. The Senior Engineer – Frontend will drive architectural decisions, implement best practices in UI/UX, and ensure seamless integration with backend systems. This role focuses on building high-performance, maintainable interfaces while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the continuous improvement of the overall product development process.

Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with Product Owner and tech lead to discover, design, develop and deploy great financial tools and products that provide meaningful value to our customers.
• Develop, Unit tests and deploy components.
• Integrate UI application with rest APIs.
• Primary technologies focused on modern front-end - Advanced JS ES6, React, Redux, Angular Js and other modern JS frameworks, HTML/CSS.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve our tech stack.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of practical experience and proven success with the design, development and operation of complex web applications.
• Strong experience with modern and vanilla JavaScript and Typescript techniques including JSX and ES6/ES7 features
• Familiarity connecting to microservices, REST APIs, graph APIs, and other database- driven web applications
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Asynchronous programming including Promises, async/await, and ES7 generators
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Broad technical knowledge across a majority, with deeper knowledge in, the following: Web application development, Software engineering and/or testing; Data analysis.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Good to have:

• Experience in Node.js is a plus
• Experience in Databases (MySQL, Postgres) will be a plus
• Understanding of RESTful services