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C C++ Go Java Python Rust Scala System Design Zig
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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
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Description

  • Build Alpaca's algo trading platform to meet user expectations for quality and performance.
  • Design and architect the platform within a small, early-stage team environment.
  • Write substantial production code across frontend and backend systems.
  • Make critical technical decisions to deliver the best customer experience.
  • Develop and optimize systems for high throughput and low latency.
  • Work on databases, distributed systems, and concurrency-heavy infrastructure.
  • Contribute to system architecture for high availability and long-term scalability.
  • Apply object-oriented data modeling and service-oriented design to the platform.
  • Help shape order management and risk management system capabilities.

Requirements

  • Previous software engineering experience with trading or exchange systems, such as OMS, EMS, exchanges, market making, algorithmic trading, or quant trading.
  • Strong software engineering background, with lead experience preferred.
  • Proficiency in both low-level and high-level languages, such as C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, or Python.
  • Experience optimizing for low latency and high throughput.
  • Experience with messaging queues and message brokers.
  • Analytical, data-oriented mindset.
  • Knowledge of algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, databases, low-latency systems, and concurrency control.
  • System design experience with object-oriented data modeling, service-oriented architectures, and system abstraction.
  • Experience developing and implementing Order Management Systems (OMS) and Risk Management Systems (RMS).
  • Algo trading experience, either professional or personal, is preferred.
  • FIX protocol knowledge is preferred.
  • Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling, and benchmarking is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and stock options.
  • Health benefits.
  • One-time USD $500 new hire home-office setup stipend.
  • USD $150 monthly stipend via a Brex card.

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