Senior Software Engineer - Clearing & Securities Finance

As a senior software engineer, you will help build and scale the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca and empower millions of users that are trading billions of dollars worth of assets.

The clearing team is responsible for building a modern clearing and settlements platform. Alpaca is a participant in a market where over two trillion dollars worth of equities need to be cleared and settled on a daily basis. We are tackling the industry with a modern approach on building highly scalable, event driven systems where resilient engineering, scale, and performance can have critical advantages.

We have exciting plans for the team; self-clearing is just the first step in building end-to-end financial infrastructure as we continue to prove ourselves as an innovative market leader and a core component for our growth across global markets and asset classes.

We are looking for senior engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have great fundamentals, proven experience building and architecting at scale, and not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals. An understanding of cloud-based modern architecture, infrastructure, and orchestration practices are also great assets we actively look for.

Things You Get To Do:

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 in nature

Who You Are (Must-Haves)

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

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

Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of clearing and settlement processes

Experience with DTCC integration

Experience working remotely

Experience working at a startup

DevOps mindset is an asset

How We Take Care of You:

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs.

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Work with awesome hard working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world

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