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Alpaca

Staff Software Engineer – Corporate Actions, Security Master

Alpaca

. Design systems for Corporate Actions, Security Master, and securities lifecycle processing across U.S.

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in designing and building complex production systems for Corporate Actions and Security Master, with a strong focus on financial data ingestion, normalization, and reconciliation. Proficient in coding with Go and managing relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, while ensuring compliance with industry standards and operational requirements.

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Corporate Actions ProcessingFinancial Data IngestionGo ProgrammingPostgreSQL Database ManagementEvent-Driven Services Design

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringSystem DesignData NormalizationReconciliationEntitlement ProcessingDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitectureSecurity Lifecycle ProcessingCross-Source ValidationOperational Requirements Translation
Soft Skills
Strong OwnershipCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
GCPKubernetes
Industry Keywords
ISO 15022ISO 20022SWIFT Corporate ActionsBroker-DealerClearing FirmCustodianDepositoryTransfer AgentFinancial Data VendorSecurities Lending

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPostgresSwiftGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design systems for Corporate Actions, Security Master, and securities lifecycle processing across U.S. and international markets
  • Ingest, normalize, enhance, and cross-verify security and event data from vendors, depositories, custodians, and other authoritative sources
  • Build entitlement processing using validated announcement records, stock records, elections, withholding, currencies, and fractional-share rules
  • Support dividends, interest, splits, reverse splits, mergers, exchanges, spin-offs, tenders, rights, redemptions, calls, maturities, and elections
  • Manage security setup and changes involving symbols, identifiers, listings, exchanges, currencies, and lifecycle status
  • Build auditable workflows for validation, approvals, processing, corrections, exceptions, and reconciliation
  • Ensure security and event changes propagate accurately across books and records, positions, ledger, trading, margin, tax, and customer-facing systems
  • Write and operate production code while partnering closely with Operations, Product, and other engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex production systems
  • Hands-on Corporate Actions, Security Master, or securities-processing experience within a broker-dealer, clearing firm, custodian, bank, depository, transfer agent, or financial data vendor
  • Strong understanding of announcement terms, record and effective dates, stock-record eligibility, entitlements, elections, fractions, and reconciliation
  • Experience with financial data ingestion, normalization, versioning, lineage, and cross-source validation
  • Strong coding and system-design skills, preferably in Go, with experience building distributed and event-driven services
  • Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and cloud-native systems such as GCP and Kubernetes
  • Strong ownership and ability to translate complex operational and financial-market requirements into reliable, auditable software
  • DTCC/DTC Corporate Actions processing or international market infrastructure experience is nice to have
  • Familiarity with ISO 15022, ISO 20022, or SWIFT Corporate Actions messages is nice to have
  • Experience building an entitlement engine, Security Master, symbology platform, stock record, reconciliation system, or brokerage ledger is nice to have
  • Understanding of Corporate Actions effects on trading, margin, tax, securities lending, fractional shares, and customer statements is nice to have

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