21 days ago
Remote, Americas or Remote, EMEAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain crypto exchange and market-making systems.
- Develop crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services.
- Implement backend services and web applications.
- Maintain software quality and test coverage.
- Participate in code reviews.
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs.
- Provide on-call support for time-sensitive engineering projects when needed.
Requirements
- Have knowledge of trading systems and experience building exchanges, market-making systems, matching engines, or other high-throughput, low-latency, regulated, fault-tolerant financial systems.
- Have experience building crypto systems.
- Have a BSc, MSc, or equivalent experience in computer science or a related field.
- Have a minimum of four years of backend software development experience.
- Have experience with at least one modern programming language such as Go, C, or C++; the platform is based on Go.
- Have experience with messaging queues and message brokers.
- Have SQL or relational database skills.
- Have hands-on knowledge of Bash, Linux, and Docker.
- Kubernetes experience, CKA or CKAD certification, DevOps experience, CI/CD experience, financial-market knowledge, major cloud platform experience, and knowledge of microservice architectures are preferred.
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.
- Globally distributed work environment.
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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.