Alinea is building an AI-powered investing platform for the next generation. Post-Series A with 2.5M+ downloads, Alinea is scaling its platform and needs the technical foundation to match. The engineering team is lean, four engineers total, including a Head of Engineering, and this hire will be a meaningful addition to the core team, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering and working out of New York City.
As a Software Engineer, Reliability & Platform at Alinea, you'll own the technical foundation of the product — infrastructure, scalability, reliability, observability, and code quality across the full stack. This is a deeply technical, cross-stack role with meaningful architectural impact. You'll lead investigations into complex production issues, optimize systems across iOS, backend services, databases, and AWS infrastructure, and partner closely with product and engineering to drive platform-level improvements. This is a role for someone who has seen scale before, wants to get their hands dirty again, and is ready to own this function as a leader.
Swift + SwiftUI
Node.js (Express) + TypeScript
MongoDB
AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, CloudWatch, CodeDeploy)
Lead deep investigations into complex production issues across iOS, backend services, and cloud infrastructure
Perform root-cause analysis spanning API layers, async workflows, data models, third-party integrations, and infrastructure
Improve backend service reliability, correctness, and performance in Node.js + TypeScript
Optimize MongoDB queries, indexes, and data access patterns for performance at scale
Strengthen AWS infrastructure stability across Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, deployments, and monitoring
Improve observability using structured logging, metrics, and CloudWatch
Reduce recurring bug classes by improving validation layers, error handling, and system boundaries
Strengthen CI/CD and release processes to reduce production risk
Build internal tools and scripts that improve debugging efficiency and engineering velocity
Partner closely with product and engineering to drive platform-level improvements
3–7+ years of engineering experience — has seen scale and wants to own reliability and platform from the ground up
Strong debugging skills in live production environments — you trace issues across multiple layers of the stack
Deep understanding of APIs, async flows, and distributed system failure modes
Experience building and improving services in Node.js + TypeScript
Comfort navigating and contributing to Swift/SwiftUI codebases
Strong understanding of MongoDB performance and data modeling
Experience operating systems in AWS environments
High ownership and strong execution in fast-moving environments
Clear, structured communicator, low ego, collaborative, and direct
Based in or willing to relocate to New York City
Fintech or payments experience
Experience in improving production monitoring and alerting
Experience hardening deployment pipelines
Background from a strong engineering program, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, or similar, preferred but not required if experience is strong
Alinea is a personal wealth manager that helps clients grow their net worth and achieve their goals on their terms. It designs portfolios tailored to individual clients and uses experts to guide plans so their money works harder for their future.
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