Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Broker API (Partner-Facing Application)

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Job Overview
Company alpaca
Category Engineering
Last Seen 8 day(s) ago

Job Description

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. The Broker API Team builds and maintains the Broker API Dashboard a user-facing platform that helps partners track performance manage operations and access the features they need to support their users. We work closely with internal teams and partners to understand real-world needs and turn them into reliable easy-to-use tools that improve efficiency and provide better visibility into their operations. For this role we seek an experienced Senior Fullstack engineer dedicated to delivering seamless and high-quality software solutions for our partners.

The ideal candidate

has a proven track record of designing and building scalable applications and is comfortable challenging conventions and advocating for innovative solutions. In this position you will have the autonomy to architect and implement solutions that meet our strategic objectives while also actively contributing to the goal-setting process alongside a collaborative cross-functional team. Things You Get To Do Take ownership of high-visibility high-impact initiatives with autonomy and accountability. Work across domains to build features end to end gaining exposure to the full spectrum of Alpaca’s infrastructure. Stay deeply connected to the needs of our partners building tools that streamline workflows and reduce manual effort. Play a key role in helping our partners succeed providing world-class customer support. Drive architectural design conversations helping shape scalable intuitive and reliable systems. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions. Opportunity to contribute to API design and product features within our ecosystem A unique opportunity to mentor other developers and contribute to the overall technical strategy of our company.

Who You Are

(Must-Haves) 5+ years of experience in full-stack development with TypeScript/React. Proficient in TypeScript and React. Proficient in at least one modern systems programming language like Golang or C#. Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to collect and translate stakeholder requirements into fully realized features. Proven track record of building user-facing features end-to-end 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. Experience building Mobile Apps with React Native 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

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