Alpaca

Alpaca

Alpaca is a developer-first API for stock and crypto trading, offering easy-to-use APIs for building apps and trading algorithms.

Capital Markets
51-250
Founded 2015
$87M raised

Description

  • Build authentication experiences for customer and partner web applications, including login, permissions, and credential management.
  • Develop and maintain authentication, authorization, and identity-provider services.
  • Create and evolve shared libraries and SDKs.
  • Integrate with identity providers and maintain reliable access policies across products.
  • Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot identity services in production.
  • Modernize legacy authentication patterns as the platform evolves.
  • Own projects end to end, from requirements gathering through delivery and follow-up.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on identity and access integrations.
  • Maintain code quality, write tests, and participate in code reviews.
  • Investigate incidents and bugs as part of an on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience writing code in strongly typed languages, including at least 1 year with Go.
  • Experience building web applications with React and TypeScript.
  • Experience with relational databases and a solid understanding of database fundamentals; PostgreSQL experience is used at Alpaca.
  • Previous startup experience and comfort working in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
  • Ability to own work from requirements through implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
  • At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale.
  • Knowledge of JWT, OpenID Connect, SAML, or authentication systems preferred.
  • Experience with role-based access control and OpenAPI-driven HTTP APIs preferred.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Helm, Java, Kafka or Redpanda preferred.
  • Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Tempo, and PromQL preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and stock options.
  • Health benefits.
  • $500 one-time new-hire home-office setup allowance.
  • $150 monthly stipend through a Brex Card.

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