Senior Software Engineer, New Markets

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Create a highly scalable and mission-critical brokerage platform.

• Develop and improve middle- and back-office systems, which include gRPC microservices, a React-based user interface for internal administration and API developers, as well as third-party vendor integrations.

• Collaborate with core teams to advance and transform the main framework for various languages, currencies, and markets.

• Work in sync and asynchronously with tech leads from other regions, including occasional meetings outside of standard working hours.

• Diagnose incidents and reported bugs to ensure system integrity and performance.

• Navigate through regulatory standards and create scalable solutions that support international expansion.

• Engage in on-call support for prompt engineering projects.

• Lead regional recruitment efforts, contribute to cross-functional projects, mentor engineering talent, and promote the Alpaca culture in the region.

• Act as the operational reliability and engineering lead, as well as incident commander during regional business hours, ensuring proactive 24x7 stability.

• Design and implement software solutions that align with strategic goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in Go or comparable backend programming languages.

• Expertise in designing robust and efficient system architectures.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach.

• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with global teams, local regulators, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

• Capability to act as an incident commander, leading and troubleshooting incidents or bugs.

• Solid foundation in computer science principles.

• Demonstrated experience in software engineering architecture.

• Ability to work autonomously within a fully remote, globally distributed team and thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to convert technical concepts into business strategies.

• Familiarity with event-driven design.

• Nice-to-have: experience with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

• Nice-to-have: background in startups or rapidly growing technology firms.

• Nice-to-have: awareness of emerging technologies.

• Nice-to-have: experience in domain-driven design.

• Nice-to-have: experience working with global teams.

• Nice-to-have: experience in financial services, online trading, brokerage systems, or fintech.

• Nice-to-have: design of complex financial systems, preferably including double-entry accounting.

• Nice-to-have: knowledge of financial transaction processing, trade lifecycle management, and settlement.

• Nice-to-have: expertise in online trading systems, order management, execution, market data processing, and real-time trade processing.

• Nice-to-have: experience with scalable, high-availability financial applications that manage multi-currency transactions.

• Nice-to-have: familiarity with financial APIs, market data integrations, and trade settlement processes.

• Nice-to-have: knowledge of financial-market regulatory compliance requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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.