Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Database

Alpaca

Remote
Remote
Postgresql multi-terabyte scale
High-availability postgresql management
Troubleshoot postgresql performance
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more

Job Summary

  • Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.
  • As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Alpaca, you will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems and services.
  • We offer competitive salary & stock options, health benefits, and a new hire home-office setup stipend.

Matching Summary

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • PostgreSQL multi-terabyte scale
  • high-availability PostgreSQL management
  • troubleshoot PostgreSQL performance
  • efficient schema and query design
  • Go programming language proficiency
  • Prometheus monitoring tool
  • Linux operating system expertise

Nice-to-have

  • trading/fintech domain knowledge
  • low-latency systems experience
  • distributed tracing experience
  • rapid PostgreSQL scaling

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years Site Reliability Engineering experience
  • 5+ years PostgreSQL experience
  • Experience designing SLIs, SLOs, SLAs
  • Experience migrating multi-terabyte tables
  • Experience with pgx, gorm, or sqlc

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