Senior Software Engineer - New Markets

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for various financial services. As a Senior Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain systems that empower users to trade assets, while also leading recruitment initiatives and mentoring team members.

Responsibilities:

• Design a highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage system
• Develop and enhance the middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, a React-based UI for internal administration and API developers, and third-party vendor integrations
• Work closely with Alpaca's core teams to enhance and transform the core framework, enabling support for multiple languages, currencies, and markets
• Collaborate with tech leads in other regions both synchronously and asynchronously, using Slack and occasional meetings outside of regular working hours to align with global teams
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance
• Thrive in a global environment, effectively navigating regulatory requirements and building scalable solutions to support Alpaca's international growth
• You may be asked to be on-call to assist with timely engineering projects

Requirements:

• Proven experience in the financial services industry, specifically with online trading platforms, brokerage systems, or fintech companies
• Proven experience in designing and developing complex financial systems, preferably including double-entry accounting
• Understanding of financial transaction processing, trade lifecycle management, and settlement processes
• Strong experience with online trading systems, including order management, execution, market data processing, and real-time trade processing
• Experience in building scalable, high-availability financial applications that handle multi-currency transactions
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, 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
• 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 act as incident commander and lead and troubleshoot incidents or bugs with authority
• Experience working in a startup or fast-growing technology company
• Knowledge of emerging technologies
• Experience or passion for financial markets
• Experience managing vendors and organizational budgeting
• Experience working with global teams