Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Alpaca, a fast-growing fintech company, as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to building and scaling the core systems that power our stock and crypto trading platform. You will work on a modern clearing and settlements platform, handling trillions of dollars in daily transactions. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, experience with microservices and cloud platforms, and a proactive mindset. You'll have the autonomy to design and implement solutions, participate in architectural decisions, and collaborate with a globally distributed team. Alpaca offers competitive salaries, stock options, and comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, a home-office setup stipend, and a monthly stipend.

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
• 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

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a core system that millions of end users will rely on
• Work on self-clearing and help us join the elite club of self-clearing brokers
• Implement backend services and work on designing an architecture where reliability matters
• Take ownership of tasks, identify and address technical challenges proactively, and propose innovative solutions
• Contribute to architectural decisions, offering insights and suggestions for designing scalable and reliable systems
• Work with other teams to improve how our systems interact with theirs and improve Alpaca systems in general
• Maintain good software quality and test coverage
• Participate in code reviews
• Troubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs
• You may be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of clearing and settlement processes
• Experience with DTCC integration
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working at a startup
• DevOps mindset is an asset

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