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

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

Senior Software Engineer – Clearing

Key skills