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Alpaca

Senior Software Engineer - New Markets

Job Summary

This role as a Senior Engineer involves designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable financial systems, with a focus on brokerage infrastructure and international growth. The candidate should have experience with complex financial applications, including accounting principles, high-availability systems, and API development, particularly using Go and microservices. Responsibilities include collaborating with global teams, troubleshooting incidents, and ensuring operational reliability. The position emphasizes remote work, cross-functional teamwork, and contributing to Alpaca's mission of enabling open financial services for a global user base.

Required Skills

Problem Solving
Microservices
React
System Design
Go
Regulatory Compliance
Full-Stack Development
Incident Management
Account Reconciliation
Microservices Architecture
API Development
gRPC
Financial Systems
Event-Driven Design
Domain-Driven Design
Market Data Integration
Trade Settlement

Benefits

Stock Options
Work From Home Support
Health Benefits
Monthly Stipend

Job Description

Who We Are:

Alpaca is a US California headquartered brokerage infrastructure technology company and self-clearing broker-dealer, delivering execution and custody solutions for Stocks, ETFs, Options, Cryptocurrencies, and more, and has raised over $170 million in funding. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company in multiple countries, and we serve hundreds of financial institutions globally such as broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges.

Alpaca’s globally distributed team members bring in diverse experiences such as engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals to achieve our Mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We are also deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community. We will continue to enhance and improve our award-winning developer-friendly API and the infrastructure behind it.



Our Team Members:

We’re a team of 200+ globally distributed members who love working from our favorite places worldwide. Our team spans the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and more!

We’re looking for candidates eager to join Alpaca’s growing organization, who are excited about our Mission of “Open financial services to everyone on the planet and share our Values of “Stay Curious,” “Have Empathy,” and “Be Accountable.”

Your Role:

As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form Alpaca's foundation and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets. You will be responsible for regional recruitment initiatives, leading cross-functional team projects, mentoring talent with respect to our engineering principles and practices, and fostering Alpaca culture in the region. As the lead, you will also ensure operational reliability engineering and incident commander during regional business hours to ensure proactive 24x7 stability.

For this role, we are seeking an experienced full-stack engineer who is dedicated to delivering seamless and high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of designing and building scalable applications and is comfortable challenging conventions and advocating for innovative solutions. In this position, you will have the autonomy to architect and implement solutions that meet our strategic objectives while also actively contributing to the goal-setting process alongside a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Things You Get To Do:

  • Design a highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage system.

  • Develop and enhance the middle and back office systems, including gRPC micro services, 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.

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

  • 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.

  • 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.

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):

  • Experience in the financial service sector.

  • 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.

How We Take Care of You:

  • 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

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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Application deadline: Open until filled

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Date PostedMay 12th, 2025
Job TypeFull Time
LocationRemote - Japan or APAC
SalaryCompetitive rates
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