Senior Software Engineer - Payments & Treasury

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Payments & Treasury to join our team at Alpaca, a global leader in brokerage infrastructure. This role is pivotal in building and scaling the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca, empowering millions of users trading billions of dollars worth of assets daily.

About the Company

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. With our institutional-grade APIs, we serve hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries, including broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totaling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals committed to opening financial services to everyone on the planet.

Responsibilities

• Help build and scale the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca.
• Work on a modern global payments and treasury platform.
• Adopt a modern technology focused approach with highly scalable, event-driven systems.
• Design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals.

Requirements

• Must-Haves:

  • Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Preference for simple and elegant solutions.
  • At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale.
  • Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices.
  • Experience with client-facing APIs.
  • Strong coding skills, preferably in Go.
  • Ability to write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code.
  • Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven design.
  • Ability to debug issues or better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely.
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Kubernetes.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience with messaging queues and message brokers.
  • Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with distributed systems design.
  • Previous experience with or understanding of payment rails and the payment lifecycle.
  • Experience with double entry accounting and financial ledgers.

• Nice-to-Haves:

  • Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of payments initiations.
  • Experience with financial reconciliation systems.
  • Experience with or understanding of ISO20022 financial standard.
  • Experience working remotely.
  • Experience working at a startup, exchange, brokerage, market maker, or hedge fund.
  • DevOps mindset is an asset.

We Offer

• 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

About the Company

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.