Senior Software Engineer - Clearing - Remote

Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer at Alpaca, you will help build and scale the systems and services that empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets.

In Short

• Contribute to a core system relied upon by millions of users.
• Work on self-clearing processes.
• Implement backend services focusing on reliability.
• Take ownership of tasks and propose innovative solutions.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for scalable systems.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance system interactions.
• Maintain software quality and test coverage.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot incidents and bugs.
• Be on-call for timely engineering projects.

Requirements

• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices.
• Strong coding skills, preferably in Go.
• Experience with domain-driven and event-driven design.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

Benefits

• 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.