Senior Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

Alpaca is a US California headquartered brokerage infrastructure technology company and self-clearing broker-dealer, delivering execution and custody solutions for Stocks, ETFs, Options, Cryptocurrencies, and more, and has raised over $170 million in funding. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company in multiple countries, and we serve hundreds of financial institutions globally such as broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges.

Alpaca’s globally distributed team members bring in diverse experiences such as engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals to achieve our Mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We are also deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community. We will continue to enhance and improve our award-winning developer-friendly API and the infrastructure behind it.

In Short

• It will basically be full remote work.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders–including finance, operations, and product teams–to deliver high-impact features/projects.
• Build backend systems/components with integrity, maintainability, scalability, and stability in mind.
• Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment.
• Collaborate with global teams to improve the health of Alpaca’s systems.

Requirements

• Fluent in business-level Japanese (including reading and writing) and conversational English.
• System design skills with object-oriented data modelling, service-oriented architectures, and system abstraction.
• Dedicated with performant, defect-free, maintainable code.
• A strong problem solver with a proactive mindset.
• A team player who can effectively coordinate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong coding skills around Go, Java.
• Experience with IDLs (e.g., protobuf), RPC frameworks (e.g., gRPC), cloud platforms (e.g., GCP), and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options.
• Health benefits start on day 1.
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500.
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card.
• Work with awesome hard working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world.