Alpaca · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer - Core Ledger
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for various financial instruments. The Senior Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems that empower users in trading assets, focusing on building a modern ledger system for accurate transactional data management.
Developer APIsFinancial ServicesFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
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 engineering teams to improve the health of Alpaca's systems
Qualification
Required
A seasoned engineer with 5+ years of experience working on systems at scale
Obsessed with performant, defect-free, maintainable code
A strong problem solver with a proactive mindset
A collaborator who is capable of creating alignment with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
Comfortable working heads-down or tag-teaming problems
Strong coding skills, preferably in Go
Ability to debug issues or, better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely
Experience with IDLs (e.g., protobuf), RPC frameworks (e.g., gRPC), cloud platforms (e.g., GCP), and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
Preferred
Experience in the financial services or accounting industry
Experience with distributed systems/databases
Experience with event-driven systems and messaging brokers (e.g., Redpanda)
Experience working remotely
Experience working at a startup
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
Company
Alpaca
Alpaca is a financial system platform that allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms.
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$328.8MKey Investors
Drive Capital850 Management,Derayah Financial,National Investments CompanySBI Group
2026-01-14Series D· $150M
2026-01-14Debt Financing· $40M
2025-04-23Series C· $52M
Recent News
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2026-01-07
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