Staff Engineer – Low-Latency Risk & Margin Platform

Alpaca; Canada; Remote; CAD 182,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services technology company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Risk and Margin Team. In this role, you will design and optimize trading infrastructure components, lead initiatives for low-latency performance, and mentor fellow engineers. Candidates should have 10+ years in software engineering, strong expertise in languages such as Go, C++, or Java, and a passion for trading systems.

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 in trading or fintech.
• Deep expertise in building low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Experience in architecture & design for trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and design of the risk and margin platform.
• Lead low-latency optimizations and establish best practices.
• Mentor engineers and perform design reviews.

Skills

Go

C++

Java

Distributed Systems

Mentorship

Education

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

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

Postgres

Aerospike

Job description

A leading financial services technology company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Risk and Margin Team. In this role, you will design and optimize trading infrastructure components, lead initiatives for low-latency performance, and mentor fellow engineers. Candidates should have 10+ years in software engineering, strong expertise in languages such as Go, C++, or Java, and a passion for trading systems.