Senior Software Engineer - Low-Latency Market Data

Social Leverage LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home-office setup

Brex card stipend

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale data-driven services powering billions in trades. You will influence system architecture, design high‑performance backend services, and drive latency optimization across distributed components.

The role requires 4+ years of experience with Go or C-family languages, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. On-site work and competitive compensation are offered, with stock options and stipends.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building systems at scale.
• Proficiency in Go, C, C++, or Rust.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with Linux/BSD, shell scripting.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (GKE) and GCP.
• Interest in financial markets and high-performance systems.

Responsibilities

• Influence architecture of market data systems.
• Design scalable, mission-critical backend services.
• Focus on low latency and reliability.
• Lead cross-team architecture decisions and reviews.
• Troubleshoot incidents and participate in on-call as needed.

Skills

Go

C

C++

Rust

SQL

Linux

Kubernetes

GKE

GCP

Shell scripting

Networking TCP/IP UDP

Tools

Go tooling & libraries

POSIX OS

CI/CD

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale data-driven services powering billions in trades. You will influence system architecture, design high‑performance backend services, and drive latency optimization across distributed components.

The role requires 4+ years of experience with Go or C-family languages, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. On-site work and competitive compensation are offered, with stock options and stipends.