Senior Software Engineer New Markets - EU
Alpaca
Skill Required
Key highlights
- $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator
- 10 million+ brokerage accounts served across 40 countries
- 400+ globally distributed team members
- New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
- Senior Engineer role with regional recruitment, mentoring, and incident command responsibilities
Role overview
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. The company serves hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs, including broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totaling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Alpaca is a licensed financial services company and is backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors. The team is 400+ globally distributed members working across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond. The company fosters a vibrant community, contributes to open-source projects, and is committed to opening financial services to everyone on the planet. As a Senior Engineer at Alpaca, you will design, implement, and maintain the systems and services that form the company's foundation and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets. The role involves regional recruitment initiatives, supporting cross-functional team projects, mentoring talent on engineering principles and practices, and fostering Alpaca culture in the region. You will also serve as the operational reliability and engineering lead and incident commander during regional business hours, ensuring proactive 24x7 stability. The position offers autonomy to architect and implement solutions that meet strategic objectives while collaborating with a cross-functional, global team.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems
- Develop and enhance middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, a React-based UI for internal administration and API developers, and third-party vendor integrations
- Work closely with Alpaca's core teams to enhance and transform the core framework, enabling support for multiple languages, currencies, and markets
- Collaborate with tech leads in other regions both synchronously and asynchronously, using Slack and occasional meetings outside of regular working hours to align with global teams
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance
- Thrive in a global environment, effectively navigating regulatory requirements and building scalable solutions to support Alpaca's international growth
- Be on-call to assist with timely engineering projects
- Act as incident commander and lead and troubleshoot incidents or bugs with authority
- Mentor talent on engineering principles and practices
- Foster Alpaca culture in the region
Requirements
- Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset
- Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, with expertise in designing robust and efficient system architectures
- Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with global teams, local regulators, vendors, and internal stakeholders
- Ability to act as incident commander and lead and troubleshoot incidents or bugs with authority
- 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 event-driven design
Nice to have
- Experience with AI tooling such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex or others
- Experience working in a startup or fast-growing technology company
- Knowledge of emerging technologies
- Experience with domain-driven design
- Experience working with global teams
- Experience in the financial services industry, specifically with online trading platforms, brokerage systems, or fintech companies
- 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
- Experience with financial APIs, market data integrations, and trade settlement processes
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets
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
Additional details
- Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts.
- Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
- Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals.
- We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!
- Core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable
- Alpaca is proudly an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
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