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Staff Software Engineer, New Markets Middle East

1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Middle East
Full-time
Lead
Software Engineer
Software Development
Agile AWS Azure Docker GCP GitOps Go Grafana Kubernetes Microservices PostgreSQL Prometheus Redis System Design Terraform
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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

  • Architect and establish foundational software systems using Go or similar languages.
  • Design event-driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous processing patterns.
  • Build and maintain APIs, services, and integrations that support Alpaca’s financial infrastructure.
  • Optimize system performance at scale and resolve bottlenecks across multiple systems.
  • Ensure systems meet reliability, scalability, performance, and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Establish coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for the engineering organization.
  • Lead complex, multi-team software initiatives from conception through delivery.
  • Resolve systemic technical issues and implement long-term solutions that improve quality and stability.
  • Coordinate with DevOps, vendors, cloud providers, and data center partners for regional deployments.
  • Mentor engineers across levels and share knowledge through documentation, design reviews, and technical discussions.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex, production systems at scale.
  • Expert-level mastery of Go or similar backend languages.
  • Deep expertise in system design, software architecture, and performance optimization.
  • Proven experience building scalable, high-availability applications with complex business logic and high transaction volumes.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.
  • Extensive experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, pub/sub systems, and asynchronous processing patterns.
  • Experience with testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
  • Deep expertise with cloud infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with financial systems, APIs, or fintech applications is preferred.
  • Experience coordinating infrastructure provisioning or managing vendor relationships in regulated markets is preferred.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and GitOps practices is preferred.
  • Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or distributed tracing is preferred.
  • Experience with Middle East financial markets, regulatory frameworks, or data residency requirements is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with stock options.
  • Health benefits.
  • One-time USD $500 new hire home-office setup stipend.
  • USD $150 monthly stipend via Brex Card.
  • Opportunity to work with a globally distributed team.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to hiring a diverse workforce.

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