Staff Core Trading Engineer — Low-Latency Architect & Mentor

Alpaca; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Staff Engineer to join its Core Trading Team. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, shaping the architecture of low-latency trading infrastructure, and mentoring engineers while contributing to mission-critical systems. Ideal candidates have 10+ years of experience in software engineering, especially in trading or fintech, with expertise in Go, C++, or Java. This position offers competitive compensation and a supportive remote work environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

Monthly Stipend: USD $150

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, especially in trading, fintech, or distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience with architecture & system design for trading systems.
• Experience leading large-scale migrations/redrafts in production-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, design, and technical roadmap of the core trading platform.
• Lead initiatives on low-latency optimisations and resiliency.
• Establish best practices for high-frequency trading system development.

Skills

Expertise in Go, C++, or Java

Software engineering experience in trading

Strong foundation in operating systems internals

Knowledge of concurrency

Mentorship skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

Postgres

Aerospike

Job description

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Staff Engineer to join its Core Trading Team. This role involves hands-on technical leadership, shaping the architecture of low-latency trading infrastructure, and mentoring engineers while contributing to mission-critical systems. Ideal candidates have 10+ years of experience in software engineering, especially in trading or fintech, with expertise in Go, C++, or Java. This position offers competitive compensation and a supportive remote work environment.