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AlpacaAlpacaUnited States

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling Alpaca's global payments and treasury platform using event-driven microservices. Requires 3+ years experience with Go, Kubernetes, GCP, distributed systems, and financial concepts like payment rails and double-entry accounting.

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Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca, empowering millions of users trading billions of dollars in assets daily.
  • Build and maintain a modern global payments and treasury platform using highly scalable, event-driven systems.
  • Design and implement solutions with autonomy, while participating in defining goals.
  • Provide quality solutions with strong fundamentals, architecting at scale.
  • Debug issues, foresee and avoid problems.
  • Work on cloud-based modern architecture, infrastructure, and orchestration.

Requirements

  • Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Preference for simple and elegant solutions.
  • At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale.
  • Proven experience building and maintaining microservices.
  • Experience with client-facing APIs.
  • Strong coding skills, preferably in Go.
  • Ability to write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code.
  • Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven design.
  • 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.
  • Experience with distributed systems design.
  • Previous experience with or understanding of payment rails and the payment lifecycle.
  • Experience with double-entry accounting and financial ledgers.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of payments initiations.
  • Experience with financial reconciliation systems.
  • Experience with or understanding of ISO20022 financial standard.
  • Experience working remotely.
  • Experience working at a startup, exchange, brokerage, market maker, or hedge fund.
  • DevOps mindset is an asset.

Compensation and Benefits

  • 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

Skills

GoMicroservicesKubernetesGCPPostgresDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven DesignDomain-Driven DesignMessaging QueuesPayment RailsDouble-Entry AccountingFinancial LedgersClient-Facing Apis

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