Senior Go Engineer, Global Payments Infra - Remote & Stock Options

Portage Ventures GP Inc.

United States

Remote

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options
Health Benefits
Home-Office setup (USD 500)
Monthly stipend (USD 150)

Job summary

Alpaca, a US-headquartered leader in brokerage infrastructure, is seeking a senior software engineer to build and scale systems underpinning billions of dollars in daily trading activity. You will contribute to a modern, global payments and treasury platform, emphasizing event-driven design, resilience, and scalable microservices.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience with Go, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native architectures, and thrives on challenging conventions while delivering

Qualifications

  • Strong problem-solving skills with proactive mindset.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team.
  • Preference for simple, elegant solutions.
  • At least 3 years of experience building systems at scale.
  • Proven experience with microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale systems and services that power Alpaca's platform.
  • Contribute to a modern, global payments and treasury platform.
  • Design and implement scalable, event-driven solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet defined goals.
  • Help maintain system integrity and reliability at scale.

Skills

Go
Microservices
Distributed systems
Cloud platforms
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes
Event-driven design
Messaging queues
Domain-driven design
Debugging

Tools

Google Cloud Platform
GKE

Job description

Alpaca, a US-headquartered leader in brokerage infrastructure, is seeking a senior software engineer to build and scale systems underpinning billions of dollars in daily trading activity. You will contribute to a modern, global payments and treasury platform, emphasizing event-driven design, resilience, and scalable microservices.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience with Go, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native architectures, and thrives on challenging conventions while delivering

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