Alpaca

Build and evolve critical post-trade clearing systems that support Alpaca’s self-clearing equities and options businesses. This senior role combines backend systems engineering, ownership of end-to-end projects, and responsibility for reliable financial infrastructure.

Lead the technical direction of Alpaca’s high-consequence Margin & Risk systems across equities, options, crypto, and future asset classes. This hands-on Staff Software Engineer role focuses on building correct, low-latency, distributed systems while mentoring engineers and driving architecture.

Build and scale the backend systems powering Alpaca’s crypto exchange, market-making, wallet, funding, and tokenization services. This role suits an experienced engineer with strong trading-systems expertise and a focus on high-throughput, low-latency financial infrastructure.

Senior Backend Software Engineer responsible for building scalable brokerage systems and financial services infrastructure for Alpaca’s Japan market. The role combines hands-on system architecture with Japanese regulatory, vendor, partner, and regional engineering collaboration.

Build and architect Alpaca’s high-performance algo trading platform, writing substantial code across frontend, backend, databases, and distributed systems. This is a demanding, high-ownership role focused on low latency, scalability, concurrency, and exceptional brokerage experiences.

Lead the architecture and development of Alpaca’s regulated crypto spot and derivatives exchange, including high-performance trading, risk, settlement, and compliance systems. This remote role offers ownership of a state-of-the-art exchange platform serving millions of users and significant trading volume.

Senior Software Engineer on Alpaca’s Clearing team, building and improving the distributed systems that support post-trade operations, securities clearing, and new financial products. This role owns projects end to end and helps maintain critical infrastructure entrusted with customers’ money.

Senior Software Engineer on Alpaca’s Ledger Team, building the source-of-truth backend systems that record and aggregate transactions across millions of brokerage accounts. The role offers substantial ownership of scalable, reliable financial infrastructure in collaboration with finance, operations, product, and engineering teams.