Senior Backend Architect, Agent Experiences (Remote)

Alpaca; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpaca, a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, is seeking an experienced backend architect to lead design and execution of safe agent operations. You’ll shape policy-driven guardrails, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, compliance, and risk to raise overall design quality across production systems.

You should have 5+ years in production backend systems, a track record of shipping autonomous execution under policy, and proficiency in Python or

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production backend systems.
• Shipped autonomous execution under policy.
• Proficient in Python or TypeScript; willing to work in Go.

Responsibilities

• Lead application architecture for safe agent execution.
• Own production reliability for policy services.
• Mentor engineers and raise design quality.

Skills

Backend systems

Autonomous execution

Python/TypeScript

Job description

Alpaca, a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, is seeking an experienced backend architect to lead design and execution of safe agent operations. You’ll shape policy-driven guardrails, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, compliance, and risk to raise overall design quality across production systems.

You should have 5+ years in production backend systems, a track record of shipping autonomous execution under policy, and proficiency in Python or