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 senior software engineer, you will help build and scale the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca and empower millions of users that are trading billions of dollars worth of assets daily.
Competitive Salary & Stock Options; Health Benefits; New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500; Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card.
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
microservices
client facing APIs
Go
domain driven design
event driven design
Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform
messaging queues
PostgreSQL
distributed systems design
payment rails
double entry accounting
Nice-to-have
financial industry experience
financial reconciliation systems
ISO20022 financial standard
startup environment
DevOps mindset
Key Requirements
3+ years of experience working on systems at scale
Experience building and maintaining microservices
Experience with client facing APIs
Strong coding skills in Go
Experience with domain driven design and event driven design
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
Experience with payment rails and the payment lifecycle
Experience with double entry accounting and financial ledgers