Alpaca is hiring a
Senior Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Engineer at Alpaca, a fast-growing fintech company that provides an API-first stock and crypto platform. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining systems and services, with a focus on building a modern ledger system. The team is globally distributed and the company offers competitive salary, benefits, and a home office setup.

Requirements

• A seasoned engineer, with 5+ years experience working on systems at scale
• Obsessed with performant, defect-free, maintainable code
• A strong problem solver with a proactive mindset
• A collaborator who is capable of creating alignment with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
• Comfortable working heads-down or tag-teaming problems
• Strong coding skills, preferably in Go
• Ability to debug issues or, better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely
• Experience with IDLs (e.g., protobuf), RPC frameworks (e.g., gRPC), cloud platforms (e.g., GCP), and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver high-impact features/projects
• Build backend systems/components with integrity, maintainability, scalability, and stability in mind
• Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the health of Alpaca’s systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the financial services or accounting industry
• Experience with distributed systems/databases
• Experience with event driven systems and messaging brokers (e.g., Redpanda)
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working at a startup

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. 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