Alpaca is building the future of financial infrastructure with a modern, scalable brokerage platform. As a Senior Software Engineer - Core Ledger, you will design, implement, and maintain foundational systems that serve as the source of truth for transactional data across millions of accounts, supporting financial reporting, compliance, and strategic decision-making.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders—including finance, operations, and product teams—to deliver high-impact features/projects
- Build backend systems/components with integrity, maintainability, scalability, and stability in mind
- Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the health of Alpaca’s systems
What We're Looking For
- A seasoned engineer with 5+ years of experience working on systems at scale
- Obsessed with performant, defect-free, maintainable code
- A strong problem solver with a proactive mindset
- A collaborator who is capable of creating alignment with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
- Comfortable working heads-down or tag-teaming problems
- Strong coding skills, preferably in Go
- Ability to debug issues or, better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely
- Experience with IDLs (e.g., protobuf), RPC frameworks (e.g., gRPC), cloud platforms (e.g., GCP), and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
Nice to Have
- Experience in the financial services or accounting industry
- Experience with distributed systems/databases
- Experience with event-driven systems and messaging brokers (e.g., Redpanda)
- Experience working remotely
- Experience working at a startup
Technical Stack
Go, protobuf, gRPC, GCP, PostgreSQL, Redpanda
Team & Environment
Alpaca’s engineering team consists of 230+ team members in a globally distributed, cross-functional structure. We are deeply committed to open-source contributions, fostering a vibrant community, and building an award-winning, developer-friendly API proudly backed by top-tier global investors. Our culture is built on core values: Stay Curious, Have Empathy, Be Accountable.
Benefits & Compensation
- 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
Work Mode
Alpaca is a global, fully remote company. Team members work from their favorite places around the world, with team members located in the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, UK, and beyond.
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
