4 hours ago
Remote, APACSenior
Responsibilities
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems for the Japan market.
- Develop middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, REST and gRPC APIs, and third-party vendor integrations.
- Enhance the core framework to support multiple languages, currencies, markets, and Japan-specific requirements.
- Translate Japanese regulatory, vendor, partner, and business requirements into technical specifications for global engineering teams.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams and regional technical leads through meetings, Slack, and asynchronous communication.
- Troubleshoot incidents and bugs, participate in on-call rotations, and support production issues during Japan business hours.
- Contribute to regional recruitment initiatives, cross-functional projects, engineering practices, and Alpaca’s Japan-region culture.
Requirements
- Native or JLPT N1-level Japanese fluency with professional reading, writing, and communication skills.
- Business-level English fluency for meetings, design discussions, code reviews, and documentation.
- Proven experience designing and developing complex financial systems, preferably including double-entry accounting.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, ledger structures, transaction reconciliation, scalable high-availability financial applications, and multi-currency transactions.
- Familiarity with financial-market regulatory compliance, preferably including Japanese frameworks such as FIEA, FSA, JSDA, or JIPF.
- Proficiency in at least one statically typed language such as Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, C#, Scala, or C++.
- Experience with financial APIs, market-data integrations, trade settlement processes, domain-driven design, and event-driven design.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, software architecture experience, communication skills, problem-solving ability, and independent execution in a fast-paced remote environment.
- Ability to lead and troubleshoot incidents during Japan business hours and translate technical concepts into business strategies.
- Preferred qualifications include Go experience, Japanese financial-services experience, integrations with JPX, JSCC, JASDEC, or Japanese banks, and knowledge of NISA, iDeCo, tokutei-koza, or MyNumber.
- Preferred qualifications also include startup experience, financial-markets interest, vendor management, organizational budgeting, and experience working with global English-speaking teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options.
- Health benefits.
- One-time USD $500 new-hire home-office setup benefit.
- USD $150 monthly stipend via a Brex Card.
- Fully remote work in a globally distributed team.
About Alpaca
Alpaca builds brokerage infrastructure APIs and operates a self-clearing broker-dealer, enabling fintechs, institutions, and developers to embed trading in stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and fixed income. Its platform includes account opening, clearing, custody, and compliance tooling, with revenue from brokerage and platform fees. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Alpaca serves clients in 40+ countries through its subsidiaries.