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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in building and managing distributed systems, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and security in financial applications. Proficient in developing RESTful APIs and troubleshooting production issues while adhering to industry standards in securities lending and finance.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Distributed Systems DevelopmentGo ProgrammingPostgreSQL Database ManagementKubernetes OrchestrationRESTful API Design
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Hard Skills
Distributed SystemsGoPostgreSQLKubernetesRESTful APITroubleshootingPerformance OptimizationBatch ProcessingFile-Based IntegrationsSecurities Lending
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailCuriosity
Tools & Technologies
GRPCProtobufKafkaRedpandaGrafanaHelmDockerTemporal
Industry Keywords
Securities LendingCollateral ManagementSettlement RulesShort-SellingBroker-Dealer OperationsReg SHOSecurities Finance
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaGRPCKafkaKubernetesPostgresGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and run backend systems supporting Alpaca's lending and borrowing products
- Develop systems for Fully Paid Securities Lending and customer short borrowing
- Build partner-facing APIs and batch pipelines for new products and revenue
- Improve existing systems for noticeable performance and reliability gains
- Manage internal functionality supporting brokerage operational processes
- Own projects from problem definition through production deployment and ongoing support
- Participate in on-call rotations and address root causes of recurring incidents
- Learn and apply securities lending, collateral, settlement, and short-selling rules
Requirements
What you’ll need- Solid fundamentals in computers, networks, databases, and distributed systems, especially how each of them fails
- 3+ years building distributed systems that actually run in production
- Productive in Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes
- Ability to design a good RESTful API and evaluate existing APIs
- Seriousness about building systems people trust with their money
- Curiosity about how markets work under the hood
- Ability to scope, build, ship, and support projects in production
- Ability to independently troubleshoot and fix production issues
- Attention to detail
- Nice-to-have: experience in securities clearing, securities settlement, or securities finance
- Nice-to-have: gRPC, Protobuf, Kafka or Redpanda, Grafana, Helm, Docker
- Nice-to-have: Temporal
- Nice-to-have: familiarity with daily batch jobs, file-based integrations, reconciliation work, broker-dealer operations, Reg SHO, or short-sale rules
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