Software Engineer

Role Overview:\nAs 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. Oversee their public API structure and documentation on both streaming and historical endpoints. The team is responsible for building a cohesive developer-first API and is tasked with planning, ideating, experimenting, and putting into production the new services, and libraries that overcome some of our greatest technical challenges as we continue to scale rapidly. We are looking for senior or staff engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have great fundamentals, have proven experience building and architecting at scale, and are not afraid of challenging conventions. This demanding team also requires a deep understanding of POSIX-like operating systems, modern infrastructure, and orchestration practices. Things You Get To Do:\nDesign highly scalable, mission-critical market data provider services\nMaintain good software quality and test coverage\nParticipate in code reviews\nTroubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs\nWho You Are (Must-Haves):\nBSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field\nMinimum 3 years of experience of backend software development\nHands-on experience with Docker or Kubernetes\nDevOps mindset\nExcited about what we are building at Alpaca\nKnowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies