Senior Software Engineer – Market Data

Alpaca

. Influence the overall architecture of Alpaca’s market data systems .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemoteSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and optimizing scalable, low-latency backend systems, with a strong focus on architecture and software quality. Proficient in leading projects involving multiple teams and implementing developer-first APIs for various financial market data.

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Go Programming LanguageSQL Database SkillsKubernetes ExperienceCloud Platform Experience (GCP)Systems Architecture

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Hard Skills

Go Programming LanguageC Programming LanguageC++ Programming LanguageRust Programming LanguageSQL Database SkillsLinux/BSD ProficiencyShell ScriptingTCP/IP NetworkingUDP NetworkingMicroservice Architectures

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingLeadership

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesGKECloud NetworkingCI/CDObservability Tools

Industry Keywords

Financial MarketsMarket DataLow-Latency ApplicationsDistributed Key-Value StoresAgile/Scrum

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxRustShell ScriptingSQLTCP/IPC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Influence the overall architecture of Alpaca’s market data systems
Design highly scalable, mission-critical systems
Optimize for extremely low latency
Implement backend services and lead architecture where scalability and resilience matter
Maintain software quality and test coverage
Participate in code reviews
Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs
Potentially participate in on-call support for timely engineering projects
Build and scale systems and services underlying Alpaca’s brokerage infrastructure
Improve architecture and developer-first APIs for stocks, options, crypto, and foreign exchange market data, including streaming and historical endpoints
Plan, ideate, experiment, and put new services and libraries into production

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 4 years of experience working on systems at scale
Experience with at least compiled imperative languages (e.g. Go, C, C++, Rust, etc.); most critical services are written in Go
SQL or relational database skills
Familiarity with TCP/IP and UDP networking
Proficient with Linux/BSD and shell scripting
Proven track record of architecting and leading medium-scale projects involving multiple teams
Experience with Kubernetes or other workload orchestration and scheduling systems; primarily Kubernetes via GKE
Experience with major cloud platforms; primarily GCP
Passion for financial markets
Excited about what Alpaca is building
Nice-to-haves: market data, microservice architectures, clean code principles, DevOps, cloud networking (BGP, VPC peering), low-latency applications, distributed key-value stores, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum, observability, tracing, continuous profiling, capacity planning, and benchmarking

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Health Benefits
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card