From the listing
About the 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 who are trading billions of dollars worth of assets.
The market data team is responsible for improving the overall architecture of Alpaca connected to data products such as stocks, options, crypto, and foreign exchange markets. The team is tasked with planning, ideating, experimenting, and putting into production the new services and libraries that overcome technical challenges as we scale rapidly.
We are looking for senior or staff engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have proven experience building and architecting at scale, and have a deep understanding of POSIX-like operating systems and modern infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical market data provider services
- Maintain good software quality and test coverage
- Participate in code reviews
- Troubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs
What they're looking for
- BSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience of backend software development
- Hands-on experience with Docker or Kubernetes
- DevOps mindset
- Excited about what we are building at Alpaca
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
Nice to have
- Experience working with large datasets
- Experience with Kubernetes (CKA or CKAD certification is a plus)
- Experience with SQL
- Experience with IP networking
- Good understanding of the financial market
- Experience with any of the major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Hands-on knowledge with shell scripting, Linux & Docker
- Knowledge of microservice architectures
- Knowledge of clean code principles
From the company page
Alpaca benefits
◉ Remote policy · in their words
“Our teams are not just global, we’re also 100% remote and have team members in almost every time zone and continent (except Antarctica).”
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The hot takeJeff's read on Alpaca
I like their clear views on the value of remote work, check out this quote from their careers page:
> "Our teams are not just global, we're also 100% remote and have team members in almost every time zone and continent (except Antarctica). By joining Alpaca you'll be part of a multicultural, international organization."
I also like that their Glassdoor scores are going up (now 3.7/5), and they have some solid testimonials. I'm a LITTLE wary of this statement that gives me a bit of a "hustle culture" vibe:
> "We're keen on that last 10% of effort and believe that the details do matter. If this sounds like you, then you're in the right place."