Software Engineer - Crypto

Alpaca; New York (NY); À distance; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health Benefits

Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: USD $500

Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month

Résumé du poste

Alpaca is seeking a Software Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain the systems behind Alpaca Crypto, enabling billions of dollars in trading activity across a global user base. You will work with a cross-functional team to design scalable, defect-free solutions and push innovation in a fast-growing fintech environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on backend development in Go, with exposure to trading systems, market-making, and crypto wallet services.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of backend software development experience.
• Experience building high-throughput, low-latency financial systems is a plus.
• Proficient in Go, and comfortable with distributed systems.

Responsabilités

• Design, build, and maintain Alpaca's crypto exchange and market-making systems.
• Develop crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services.
• Implement backend services and web applications.
• Maintain high code quality and test coverage.
• Participate in code reviews and incident troubleshooting.

Connaissances

Backend development

GoLang

Distributed systems

SQL

Linux/Docker/Kubernetes

Messaging queues

Formation

BSc/MSc in Computer Science or related field

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Description du poste

Who We Are

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.

Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts.

Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.

Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

Our Team Members

We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!

We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca Crypto and empower millions of users who are trading billions of dollars worth of assets.

For this role, we are seeking an experienced engineer who is obsessed with delivering defect‑free solutions, has proven experience architecting and building at scale, and who is not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals in cooperation with a cross‑functional team.

Things You Get To Do

• Design, build, and maintain Alpaca's crypto exchange and market‑making systems
• Develop crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services
• Implement backend services and web applications
• Maintain good software quality and test coverage
• Participate in code reviews
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs
• You may be asked to be on‑call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature

Who You Are (Must-Haves)

• Knowledge of trading systems and experience building exchanges, market‑making systems, matching engines, or other high‑throughput, low‑latency, regulated, fault‑tolerant financial systems
• Experience in building crypto
• BSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 4 years of experience of backend software development
• Experience with at least one modern programming language like GoLang, C/C++ etc. Our platform is based in Golang
• Experience with messaging queues and message brokers.
• SQL or relational database skills
• Hands‑on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus
• Excited about what we are building at Alpaca

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves)

• Experience with Kubernetes, CKA, CKAD certification
• DevOps mindset is an asset
• Experience with CI/CD
• Good understanding of the financial market
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge of microservice architectures
• Knowledge of clean code principles

How We Take Care of You

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.