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Remote - Europe
Posted August 27, 2026 · 4 days ago · Last seen September 1, 2026 · Est. expiry October 1, 2026

Software Engineer

Software Engineer - Advisory Suite
How this salary compares
Salary Context: Software Engineer

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Salary analysis

Compared with the selected benchmark ("In Remote - Europe: Software Engineer"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 93% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€5,593–€15,915). The listed pay band (€589–€818) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 16 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Software Engineer
MarketLower bound (25th percentile)MedianUpper bound (75th percentile)
Market Average: Software Engineer€3,751/per month€6,292/per month€14,468/per month
In Remote - Europe: Software Engineer€5,593/per month€10,664/per month€15,915/per month
About the role

Who We Are: Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts.Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding...

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Build proprietary services for high quality advisory platform
  • Design and architect platform components
  • Write code across frontend and backend
  • Ensure low-latency, high-throughput systems
  • Collaborate in a small team in an early-stage startup

Requirements

  • System design skills with OO data modeling
  • Service-oriented architectures
  • Coding in C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, Python
  • Low latency and high throughput optimization
  • Experience with messaging queues and brokers
  • Distributed systems, databases, concurrency
  • Experience with OMS and high-load financial systems

Skills & Technologies

C/C++GoZigRustJavaScalaPythonLow latencyDistributed systemsOMSHajautetut järjestelmätDatabasesConcurrency

Benefits & Perks

Recruitment Process

  1. 1
    Screening call
  2. 2
    Technical interview
  3. 3
    Culture interview
  4. 4
    Offer
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Alpaca · 25 open roles
Top locations: Remote - North America · 6 · Remote - Global · 5 · Remote - Europe · 5+6 other locations
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Current open roles at Alpaca on JobCrawls
LocationActive listings
Remote - North America6
Remote - Global5
Remote - Europe5
Remote - EMEA3
Remote - Anywhere2
Singapore, Singapore1
Remote - Turkey1
Remote - South America1
Remote - United Kingdom1
Current role mix at Alpaca on JobCrawls
Role typeActive listings
Software Engineer5
Trading Operations Associate1
Full-Stack Engineer1
Senior Fullstack Engineer1
AI Platform Engineer1
Senior Software Engineer1
Customer Success Manager1
Analytics Engineer1
Solutions Engineer1
Crypto Operations Associate1
Engineer Team Lead1
Software Development Engineer in Test1
Director of Data Platform1
Fullstack Engineer1
Accounting Manager1
Current role-level mix at Alpaca on JobCrawls
Role levelActive listings
Senior15
Mid-Level2
Executive1
Manager1

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