4 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical market data provider services
- Build and deploy new services and libraries to address technical challenges at scale
- Improve Alpaca’s architecture for stock, options, crypto, and foreign exchange data products
- Oversee public API structure and documentation for streaming and historical endpoints
- Maintain software quality and test coverage
- Participate in code reviews
- Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs
Requirements
- BSc, MSc, or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field
- At least three years of backend software development experience
- Hands-on experience with Docker or Kubernetes
- Understanding of POSIX-like operating systems, modern infrastructure, and orchestration practices
- Experience with large-scale software architecture and development
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Experience with large datasets, SQL, IP networking, financial markets, or major cloud platforms is advantageous
- Kubernetes CKA or CKAD certification is a plus
- Hands-on knowledge of shell scripting, Linux, and Docker is advantageous
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Health benefits
- One-time USD $500 new-hire home-office setup
- USD $150 monthly stipend via a Brex Card
- Globally distributed work environment
About Alpaca
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, self-clearing broker-dealer and a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income, and crypto. Alpaca delivers embeddable finance solutions for tokenization, fully paid securities lending, high-yield cash, 24/5 trading, Shariah-compliant investing, and more. Today, Alpaca powers over 9 million brokerage accounts across hundreds of fintechs and institutions in 40+ countries, with over $320M in funding from top investors including Drive Capital, Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Derayah Financial, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Elefund, and Y Combinator.