Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are:

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.

Alpacaâs 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.

Our Team Members:

Weâre a team of 150+ globally distributed members who love working from our favorite places worldwide. Our team spans the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and more!

Weâre looking for candidates eager to join Alpacaâs growing organization, who are excited about our Mission of âOpen financial services to everyone on the planet and share our Values of âStay Curious,â âHave Empathy,â and âBe Accountable.â

Your Role:As a part of the Global engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca and empower millions of users trading billions of dollars worth of assets.The Japan team is building a modern ledger system (Securities backend system) localized for Japan (but scalable to global). The purpose is to maintain a complete and correct view of everything that has ever happened in every account. From a business perspective, the ledger provides a structured and organized system for recording and aggregating transactional data. We will build them with modern architecture. In Japan, many securities companies still use old-fashioned and traditional ledger systems, but the day may come when the modern system we create will replace it. The next product will support NISA, API trading, and global stocks.For this role, we seek an experienced engineer who is committed to delivering defect-free solutions, has proven experience architecting and building at scale, and is not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively defining those goals in cooperation with a cross-functional team.

Things You Get To Do:

It will basically be full remote work.
Collaborate with internal stakeholdersâincluding finance, operations, and product teamsâto 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 Alpacaâs systems

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

Fluent in business-level Japanese (including reading and writing) and conversational English (capable of using chat to communicate with global teams)
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
Comfortable working heads-down or tag-teaming problems
Strong coding skills around Go, Java
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)

Who You Might BeÂ (Nice-to-Haves):Â

Experience in the financial services (preferably in Japan) or accounting industry
Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with distributed systems/databases
Experience with event-driven systems
Experience working remotely
Experience working at a startup

How We Take Care of You:

Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. In Japan, you are offered local benefits. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs.Â Â Â
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

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

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