Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Trading API (Client-Facing Application)

Who We Are

Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks ETFs options crypto fixed income 24/5 trading and more. Amongst our subsidiaries Alpaca is a licensed financial services company serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers investment advisors wealth managers hedge funds and crypto exchanges totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers traders and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community continuously enhancing our award-winning developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures Spark Capital Tribe Capital Social Leverage Horizons Ventures Opera Tech Ventures SBI Group Derayah Financial Unbound Peak XV Elefund and Y Combinator. Our Team Members We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world with teammates spanning the USA Canada Japan Hungary Nigeria Brazil the UK and beyond! We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious Have Empathy and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact we encourage you to apply. Your Role As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer you will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining systems and services that form the foundation of Alpaca and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets. As part of the Trading API team you will be responsible for the user experience and product development for Trading API customers encompassing both the frontend trading dashboards and backend systems that power Trading API product features like elite high-yield cash paper accounts and more. Working closely with our users and internal stakeholders we specialize in delivering high-quality end-to-end solutions across the full suite of frontend and backend systems at Alpaca. We’re looking for someone with a proven track record of designing and building scalable applications with an appreciation of the full-stack user experience. You’ll dive deep and specialize in a breadth of backend financial systems - payments trading market data accounts and more - to deliver innovative product features across the stack while leading the design and implementation of the components that power elegant and performant frontend user experiences. Things You Get To Do Play a pivotal role in architecting and developing software solutions across the full stack that push the boundaries of technology Work closely with cross-functional teams and dive deep into the backend systems and infrastructure that power financial markets Opportunity to contribute to API design and product features within our ecosystem Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects from design to deployment Mentor peers and influence the technical strategy of our company

Who You Are

(Must-Haves) 5+ years of experience in full-stack development with Golang & TypeScript/React. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to collect and translate stakeholder requirements into fully realized features. Proficient in TypeScript and React. Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS. Proficient in at least one modern systems programming language like Golang or C#. Passionate about creating intuitive and performance user interfaces. Experience with SQL and relational databases preferably PostgreSQL. Experience with REST APIs and best practices. Attention to detail and an appreciation for design aesthetics. Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves) Algo trading experience (either professional or personal). Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP). Experience or understanding of financial markets. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Experience working at a startup. Experience working remotely. How We Take Care of You 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 Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. Recruitment Privacy Policy