Senior Software Engineer, Market Data Platform (Remote)

Social Leverage; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time $

Job summary

Alpaca, a US-headquartered global brokerage infrastructure leader, seeks a senior software engineer to build scalable market data services that power trading across stocks, ETFs, crypto, and more. You will help shape the architecture and APIs, drive testing, and participate in incident response while operating in a remote-friendly, fast-growing environment.

We value a strong backend background, Docker/Kubernetes familiarity, and a DevOps mindset.

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or related field required.
• Minimum 3 years backend software development experience.
• Hands-on Docker or Kubernetes experience.
• DevOps mindset and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Excited about Alpaca's mission and products.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design highly scalable, mission-critical market data provider services.
• Maintain software quality and test coverage.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot incidents and bugs.

Skills

Backend development

DevOps mindset

Agile/Scrum

Code reviews

Education

BSc/MSc in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Shell scripting

REST

gRPC

WebSockets

SSE

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Alpaca, a US-headquartered global brokerage infrastructure leader, seeks a senior software engineer to build scalable market data services that power trading across stocks, ETFs, crypto, and more. You will help shape the architecture and APIs, drive testing, and participate in incident response while operating in a remote-friendly, fast-growing environment.

We value a strong backend background, Docker/Kubernetes familiarity, and a DevOps mindset.