Key skills
GRPCJavaKotlinMicroservicesRustScalaGoC#C++CgRPCCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems for the Japan market.
- Develop and enhance the middle
- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, REST and gRPC APIs, and third-party vendor integrations specific to the Japan market.
- Work closely with Alpaca's core teams to enhance and transform the core framework, enabling support for multiple languages, currencies, and markets, with a particular focus on Japan-specific requirements.
- Collaborate with tech leads in other regions both synchronously and asynchronously, primarily through Slack and meetings, to align with global teams.
- Coordinate in Japanese with local regulators, vendors, partners, and business stakeholders, and translate those requirements into technical specifications for the global engineering team.
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance.
- Participate in on-call rotations and assist with timely engineering projects and production issues during Japan business hours.
- Thrive in a global environment, effectively navigating regulatory requirements and building scalable solutions to support Alpaca's expansion in Japan.
Requirements
- Native or JLPT N1 level fluency in Japanese, with the ability to read, write, and communicate professionally with local regulators, vendors, and partners.
- Business-level English fluency, with the ability to collaborate effectively in English-only team meetings, design discussions, code reviews, and written documentation.
- Proven experience in designing and developing complex financial systems, preferably including double-entry accounting.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, ledger structures, and transaction reconciliation.
- Experience in building scalable, high-availability financial applications that handle multi-currency transactions.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets, with a preference for experience in Japan (FIEA, FSA, JSDA, JIPF, or related frameworks).
- Proficiency in at least one statically typed language (e.g. Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, C#, Scala, or C++), with expertise in designing robust and efficient system architectures.
- Experience working with financial APIs, market data integrations, and trade settlement processes.
- Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with global teams, local regulators, vendors, and internal stakeholders, bridging Japanese and English contexts.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and proven software engineering architecture experience.
- Ability to work independently in a fully remote, globally distributed team, and under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic thinking and the ability to translate technical concepts into business strategies.
- Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven design.
- Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset.
- Ability to lead and troubleshoot incidents or bugs with authority during Japan business hours.
Tech Stack
- GRPC
- Java
- Kotlin
- Microservices
- Rust
- Scala
- Go
Benefits
- 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