Alpaca

Senior Software Engineer New Markets

1w ago
87000 –109000 USD / yearWorldwideSeniorRemote
Alpaca

Senior Software Engineer New Markets

1w ago
87000 –109000 USD / yearWorldwideSeniorRemotegogrpcreactfinancial apisdomain-driven designevent-driven design

Senior Software Engineer role focusing on scalable brokerage systems and fintech solutions at Alpaca, working fully remotely with global teams.

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.

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