Senior Software Engineer - Platform

Alpaca

Global Anywhere
Competitive salary; stock options included; benefi...
On-site
5+ years strongly-typed language experience
1+ year go programming experience
Kubernetes and helm chart expertise
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer building global brokerage infrastructure with over $320 million in funding

Job Summary

  • Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer building global brokerage infrastructure with over $320 million in funding.
  • The role involves developing Redpanda-based event streaming infrastructure and replacing aging authentication services using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Candidates receive competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, and a one-time home-office setup stipend of USD $500.

Matching Summary

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer building global brokerage infrastructure with over $320 million in funding.

Salary

Competitive Salary; Stock Options included; Benefits: Health coverage, $500 home-office setup, $150 monthly stipend

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years strongly-typed language experience
  • 1+ year Go programming experience
  • Kubernetes and Helm chart expertise
  • PostgreSQL relational database knowledge
  • Startup environment experience
  • End-to-end task ownership capability
  • Systems at scale experience

Nice-to-have

  • Redpanda or Kafka event streaming knowledge
  • JWT, OpenID Connect, SAML authentication understanding
  • Argo CD or Terraform IaC deployment experience
  • Grafana, Prometheus, Tempo observability stack usage
  • FlatBuffers, Protocol Buffers, gRPC, RESTful API design
  • Google Cloud Platform and GKE familiarity

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years coding experience
  • 1+ year Go experience
  • Kubernetes certification or proven experience
  • Prior startup work history
  • 3+ years on systems at scale

Work Rights

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