Senior Software Engineer - Remote, Global Team, Stock Options

Alpaca; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health benefits

Home-office setup

Monthly stipend

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable systems for millions of users trading billions of dollars in assets. You will lead regional recruitment efforts, mentor engineers, and act as operational reliability lead during regional business hours, enabling rapid growth and stability across regions.

The role emphasizes Go or similar backend language expertise, strong architecture skills, and the ability to work in a fully remote, globally distributed team while

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and proactive mindset.
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages; robust system design.
• Excellent global-team communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to serve as incident commander during regional hours.
• Solid CS fundamentals and software architecture experience.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote, distributed team.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Willingness to be on-call for engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Design a scalable brokerage system.
• Develop middle- and back-office services.
• Collaborate with core regional teams to enable multi-language, multi-currency support.
• Coordinate with global teams via Slack and meetings.
• Troubleshoot incidents to maintain performance.
• Navigate regulatory requirements for international growth.
• Be on-call for timely engineering projects.

Skills

Go

Incident management

Communication

System architecture

CS fundamentals

Remote work

Event-driven design

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable systems for millions of users trading billions of dollars in assets. You will lead regional recruitment efforts, mentor engineers, and act as operational reliability lead during regional business hours, enabling rapid growth and stability across regions.

The role emphasizes Go or similar backend language expertise, strong architecture skills, and the ability to work in a fully remote, globally distributed team while