Alpaca · 2 months ago
Software Engineer, CoreTrading
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior LevelAlpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure company focused on making financial services accessible to everyone. They are looking for a Software Engineer to build their algo trading platform, requiring expertise in both frontend and backend development, as well as experience in trading or exchange systems.
Developer APIsFinancial ServicesFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Build Alpaca's algo trading platform to satisfy users who expect high quality and performance from their brokerage service
Write tons of code and make critical decisions about delivering the best experience to customers
Design and architect the platform by wearing many different hats in a small team
Qualification
Required
Strong, experienced software engineer with lead experience is preferred
Coding skills in both low and high level languages around C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, Python
Low latency and high throughput optimization
Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
Analytical data-oriented mindset and skills
Knowledge of algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, databases, low latency systems and concurrency control
System design skills with object-oriented data modeling, service-oriented architectures, system abstraction
Experience with the development and implementation of Order Management systems (OMS) and Risk Management systems (RMS)
Preferred
Algo trading experience (either professional or personal)
FIX protocol knowledge
Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling and benchmarking
Financial market (exchange, broker-dealers, clearing, etc.) knowledge
Experience with financial ledgers
Statistical and quantitative analysis skills
Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Benefits
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.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$328.8MKey Investors
Drive CapitalSBI GroupPortage Ventures
2026-01-14Series D· $150M
2026-01-14Debt Financing· $40M
2025-04-23Series C· $52M
Leadership Team
Yoshi Yokokawa
Co-Founder and CEO
Hitoshi Harada
CPO and Co-Founder
Recent News
Morningstar.com
2026-01-07
2025-12-17
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