Alpaca is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer position at Alpaca, a fast-growing fintech company. The role involves building and scaling the global payments and treasury platform. The candidate should have strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, ability to work independently, and at least 3 years of experience.

Requirements

• Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A preference for simple and elegant solutions
• At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale
• Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices
• Experience with client facing APIs
• Strong coding skills, preferably in Go
• Ability to write clean, well tested, and maintainable code
• Experience with domain driven design and event driven design
• Ability to debug issues or better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
• Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
• Experience with distributed systems design

Responsibilities

Help build and scale the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of payments initiations
• Experience with financial reconciliation systems
• Experience with or understanding of ISO20022 financial standard
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working at a startup, exchange, brokerage, market maker, or hedge fund

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