Senior Software Engineer - Scalable Financial Infra (Go)

Alpaca; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

Health benefits start on day 1

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

Monthly Stipend: USD $150

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build their innovative clearing and settlement platform. You will work on scalable systems impacting millions of users and have the chance to design and implement solutions in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in systems at scale, strong coding skills in Go, and familiarity with cloud platforms like Google Cloud. Competitive salary and benefits from day one are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale.
• Ability to debug issues or foresee problems and avoid them.
• Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven design.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a core system that millions of end users will rely on.
• Implement backend services and work on reliable architecture.
• Take ownership of tasks and propose innovative solutions.

Skills

Strong problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices

Strong coding skills, preferably in Go

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with Google Cloud Platform

Tools

PostgreSQL

Containerization technologies

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build their innovative clearing and settlement platform. You will work on scalable systems impacting millions of users and have the chance to design and implement solutions in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in systems at scale, strong coding skills in Go, and familiarity with cloud platforms like Google Cloud. Competitive salary and benefits from day one are offered.