Lead Software Engineer

Summary

Join Alpaca, a leading brokerage infrastructure technology company, as the Engineering Tech Lead for new market initiatives in Japan. You will build and mentor a team of software engineers, lead cross-functional projects, and ensure operational reliability. This role requires proven experience in designing and developing complex financial systems, strong understanding of accounting principles, and proficiency in Go or similar languages. You will collaborate with global teams, local regulators, and internal stakeholders. Alpaca offers competitive salary, stock options, and comprehensive health benefits starting day one, along with a new hire home-office setup and monthly stipend.

Requirements

• Proven experience in designing and developing complex financial systems, preferably including double-entry accounting
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, ledger structures, and transaction reconciliation
• Experience in building scalable, high-availability financial applications that handle multi-currency transactions
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, with expertise in designing robust and efficient system architectures
• Experience working with financial APIs, market data integrations, and trade settlement processes
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with global teams, local regulators, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Strong computer science fundamentals and proven software engineering architecture experience
• Ability to work independently and under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Strategic thinking and the ability to translate technical concepts into business strategies
• Strong familiarity with the software development life cycle
• Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven design
• Obsession with performant, defect-free, maintainable code
• Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A preference for simple and elegant solutions
• Ability to act as incident commander and lead and troubleshoot incidents or bugs with authority

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment
• Provide technical guidance and support, ensuring the team's adherence to best practices and development standards
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including finance, operations, and product teams, to understand and define requirements
• Design and implement backend solutions where reliability, scalability, and regulatory compliance matter
• Communicate project statuses, challenges, and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with tech leads in other regions both synchronously and asynchronously, using Slack and occasional meetings outside of regular working hours to align with global teams
• Engage with local regulators, vendors, and the broker operations team to ensure the development of a robust and scalable system that complies with local market regulations
• Work closely with Alpaca’s core teams to enhance and transform the core framework, enabling support for multiple languages, currencies, and markets
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance
• Thrive in a global environment, effectively navigating regulatory requirements and building scalable solutions to support Alpaca’s international growth
• Be on-call to assist with timely engineering projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the financial service sector
• Experience working in a startup or fast-growing technology company
• Knowledge of emerging technologies
• Experience or passion for financial markets
• Experience managing vendors and organizational budgeting
• Experience working with global teams

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. In Japan, you are offered local benefits. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
• Work with awesome hard working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world