Software Engineer - Crypto

Your Role

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca Crypto and empower millions of users who are trading billions of dollars worth of assets.

For this role, we are seeking an experienced engineer who is obsessed with delivering defect-free solutions, has proven experience architecting and building at scale, and who is not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals in cooperation with a cross-functional team.

Things You Get To Do

Design, build, and maintain Alpaca’s crypto exchange and market-making systems

Develop crypto wallet, funding, and tokenization services

Implement backend services and web applications

Maintain good software quality and test coverage

Participate in code reviews

Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs

You may be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature

Who You Are (Must-Haves)

Knowledge of trading systems and experience building exchanges, market-making systems, matching engines, or other high-throughput, low-latency, regulated, fault-tolerant financial systems

Experience in building crypto

BSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field

Minimum 4 years of experience of backend software development

Experience with at least one modern programming language like GoLang, C/C++ etc. Our platform is based in Golang

Experience with messaging queues and message brokers.

SQL or relational database skills

Hands-on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus

Excited about what we are building at Alpaca

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves)

Experience with Kubernetes, CKA, CKAD certification

DevOps mindset is an asset

Experience with CI/CD

Good understanding of the financial market

Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies

Knowledge of microservice architectures

Knowledge of clean code principles