Senior Software Engineer, Clearing Systems - Distributed

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

Health Benefits

New Hire Home-Office Setup: USD 500

Monthly Stipend: USD 150/month via Bre

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Clearing team. You’ll build backend systems that run after trades, with a focus on reliability and scalability for broker-dealer operations. Some user-facing components exist, but the core work keeps the market moving.

You’ll own projects from ideation to deployment, collaborate across squads, and participate in on-call rotations. We value practical problem solving, ownership, and driving real outcomes in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building reliable and distributed systems.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs.
• Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes proficiency.
• Startup experience is a plus.
• Ability to own projects from ideation to deployment.
• Strong ownership, communication, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Own projects from ideation to deployment, cutting through ambiguity to build what’s necessary.
• Design and build systems to enable new products or revenue.
• Refine existing systems for meaningful, tangible improvements.
• Participate in on-call rotations to keep systems healthy.
• Collaborate across teams and influence how we operate.
• Learn about financial markets and brokerage infrastructure.

Skills

Go

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

Tools

Docker

Kafka/Redpanda

Grafana

Helm

gRPC

Protobuf

Temporal

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Clearing team. You’ll build backend systems that run after trades, with a focus on reliability and scalability for broker-dealer operations. Some user-facing components exist, but the core work keeps the market moving.

You’ll own projects from ideation to deployment, collaborate across squads, and participate in on-call rotations. We value practical problem solving, ownership, and driving real outcomes in a fast-paced startup environment.