From the listing
About the 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.
For this role, we are seeking an experienced full-stack engineer dedicated to delivering high-quality, seamless software solutions. You will have the autonomy to architect and implement solutions that meet strategic objectives while working in a collaborative, cross-functional team.
What you'll do
- Design a highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage system.
- Develop and enhance middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices and a React-based UI.
- Serve as the operational reliability and engineering lead and incident commander during regional business hours.
- Work with core teams to enhance frameworks for multiple languages, currencies, and markets.
- Collaborate with tech leads in other regions to align with global teams.
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity.
- Support regional recruitment initiatives and mentor talent on engineering principles.
What they're looking for
- Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages.
- Expertise in designing robust and efficient system architectures.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and software engineering architecture experience.
- Experience with event-driven design.
- Ability to act as incident commander and troubleshoot bugs with authority.
- Ability to work independently in a fully remote, globally distributed team.
- Strong communication skills for collaborating with global teams, regulators, and vendors.
- Strategic thinking and the ability to translate technical concepts into business strategies.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI tooling such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.
- Experience in the financial services industry or fintech companies.
- Experience designing complex financial systems including double-entry accounting.
- Understanding of financial transaction processing and trade lifecycle management.
- Experience with domain-driven design.
- Experience working in a startup or fast-growing technology company.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets.
From the company page
Alpaca benefits
◉ Remote policy · in their words
“Our teams are not just global, we’re also 100% remote and have team members in almost every time zone and continent (except Antarctica).”
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The hot takeJeff's read on Alpaca
I like their clear views on the value of remote work, check out this quote from their careers page:
> "Our teams are not just global, we're also 100% remote and have team members in almost every time zone and continent (except Antarctica). By joining Alpaca you'll be part of a multicultural, international organization."
I also like that their Glassdoor scores are going up (now 3.7/5), and they have some solid testimonials. I'm a LITTLE wary of this statement that gives me a bit of a "hustle culture" vibe:
> "We're keen on that last 10% of effort and believe that the details do matter. If this sounds like you, then you're in the right place."