Senior Software Engineer - Payments & Treasury

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. The payments team is responsible for building and maintaining a modern global payments and treasury platform.

Your Role: As a senior software engineer, you will help build and scale the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca and empower millions of users that are trading billions of dollars worth of assets daily. Operating in an industry in which money movement is a critical component, we adopt a modern technology focused approach with highly scalable, event-driven systems.

Must-Haves: Strong problem-solving skills. At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale. Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices. Strong coding skills, preferably in Go. Experience with domain driven design and event driven design. 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: Experience with financial reconciliation systems. Experience with or understanding of ISO20022 financial standard. DevOps mindset.

How We Take Care of You: Competitive Salary & Stock Options. Health Benefits. New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500. Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month.