Alpaca ir finanšu tehnoloģiju uzņēmums, kas veido uz API balstītu infrastruktūru ieguldījumu veikšanai un brokeru pakalpojumiem. Tā platforma atbalsta algoritmisko tirdzniecību, ieguldījumu risinājumu integrēšanu citos pakalpojumos un finanšu lietotņu izstrādi, kā arī nodrošina piekļuvi ASV akcijām, ETF fondiem un kriptovalūtām, tostarp darījumiem vietējā valūtā. Alpaca apkalpo finanšu tehnoloģiju jaunuzņēmumus, brokerus-dīlerus, riska ieguldījumu fondus un citas finanšu pakalpojumu organizācijas, kas vēlas izstrādāt tirdzniecības produktus, izmantojot dokumentētas API, tostarp Broker API. Uzņēmums arī uzsver kiberdrošību un ir FINRA un SIPC biedrs.
Software Engineer, Securities Finance
Build backend services for Alpaca’s brokerage lending, borrowing, and short-selling products. Own APIs, batch pipelines, production reliability, and delivery from project definition through ongoing support.
Apraksts
- Build and operate backend services for Alpaca’s securities lending and borrowing products.
- Develop systems for Fully Paid Securities Lending and customer short borrowing.
- Create partner-facing APIs and batch pipelines that support new products and revenue.
- Improve existing systems to deliver measurable performance and reliability gains.
- Maintain internal tools and functionality for brokerage operations.
- Lead projects from problem definition through deployment and ongoing production support.
- Take part in on-call rotations and resolve recurring incidents at their root cause.
- Learn and apply rules for securities lending, collateral, settlement, and short selling.
Prasības
- Understand computer systems, networks, databases, and distributed systems fundamentals, including common failure modes.
- At least three years of experience building distributed systems in production.
- Work effectively with Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
- Design RESTful APIs and assess existing API designs.
- Build dependable systems that handle customers’ money.
- Show curiosity about how financial markets operate behind the scenes.
- Scope, build, deliver, and support production projects.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues independently.
- Pay close attention to detail.
- Preferred: experience with securities clearing, settlement, or finance.
- Preferred: familiarity with gRPC, Protobuf, Kafka or Redpanda, Grafana, Helm, or Docker.
- Preferred: experience with Temporal.
- Preferred: familiarity with daily batch jobs, file-based integrations, reconciliation, broker-dealer operations, Reg SHO, or short-sale rules.
Priekšrocības
- Competitive salary and stock options.
- Health benefits.
- One-time $500 home-office setup allowance for new hires.
- Monthly $150 stipend through a Brex card.