Software Engineer - Crypto

About the Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer - Crypto to join our team at Alpaca, a global leader in brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and more. This role is remote and open to candidates in Kyiv, Berlin, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Singapore.

About the Company

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for various financial products. We serve hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs, including broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals committed to opening financial services to everyone on the planet.

Your Role

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca Crypto. You will work on designing, building, and maintaining our crypto exchange and market-making systems, developing crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services, and implementing backend services and web applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Alpaca’s crypto exchange and market-making systems
• Develop crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services
• Implement backend services and web applications
• Maintain good software quality and test coverage
• Participate in code reviews
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs
• Be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature

Requirements

• Knowledge of trading systems and experience building exchanges, market-making systems, matching engines, or other high-throughput, low-latency, regulated, fault-tolerant financial systems
• Experience in building crypto
• BSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 4 years of experience in backend software development
• Experience with at least one modern programming language like GoLang, C/C++ etc. (Our platform is based in Golang)
• Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
• SQL or relational database skills
• Hands-on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus
• Excited about what we are building at Alpaca

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes, CKA, CKAD certification
• DevOps mindset
• Experience with CI/CD
• Good understanding of the financial market
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge of microservice architectures
• Knowledge of clean code principles

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. We are backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

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If you align with our core values-Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable-and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.