Senior Software Engineer - New Markets will design, implement, and maintain mission-critical systems that power Alpaca's brokerage infrastructure, serving millions of users and enabling billions in asset trading. This role involves technical leadership, incident command, mentoring, and driving scalable solutions across global markets.
What You'll Do
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems
- Develop and enhance middle- and back-office systems including gRPC microservices
- Build and improve a React-based UI for internal administration and API developers
- Integrate third-party vendor systems
- Work with core teams to transform the core framework for multi-language, multi-currency, and multi-market support
- Collaborate with tech leads in other regions synchronously and asynchronously using Slack and occasional off-hours meetings
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance
- Navigate regulatory requirements and build scalable solutions for international growth
- Serve as operational reliability and engineering lead during regional business hours
- Act as incident commander during regional business hours
- Lead cross-functional team projects
- Mentor talent on engineering principles and practices
- Foster Alpaca culture in the region
- Be on-call to assist with timely engineering projects
What We're Looking For
- 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
Nice to Have
- 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
Technical Stack
- Go
- gRPC
- React
- Microservices
- APIs
- Event-driven architecture
- Domain-driven design
Team & Environment
- Team size: 230+
- Structure: globally distributed, cross-functional teams
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary & Stock Options
- Health Benefits
- One-time USD $500 New Hire Home-Office Setup
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
- Compensation includes competitive salary, stock options, and a monthly stipend of USD $150 via Brex Card
Work Mode
- Fully remote
- Available locations: USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, UK, and beyond
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