Senior Software Engineer New Markets - EU

Alpaca is a brokerage infrastructure company providing developer APIs for stocks, options, fixed income, and crypto trading, plus tokenization infrastructure for TradFi–DeFi markets.

Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026

San Mateo, California, United States
About Alpaca

Alpaca provides API-first brokerage infrastructure for fintechs, institutions, algorithmic traders, and developers. Its offerings include Broker API, Trading API, market data, self-clearing brokerage services, crypto services, and the Instant Tokenization Network for in-kind minting and redemption of tokenized assets.

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Skills

About the Role

You will design, implement, and maintain scalable brokerage systems and services. You will develop Go and React applications, integrate third-party vendors, improve support for multiple markets and currencies, collaborate across regions, troubleshoot incidents, and help maintain reliable systems during regional business hours.

Requirements

  • Experience designing scalable software systems
  • Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages
  • Strong software architecture and computer science fundamentals
  • Experience with event-driven design
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to lead and troubleshoot incidents
  • Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment
  • Experience with financial systems is preferred
  • Experience with trading platforms or brokerage systems is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable brokerage systems
  • Develop backend microservices and React interfaces
  • Integrate third-party vendors
  • Improve support for multiple languages currencies and markets
  • Collaborate with technical leads across regions
  • Troubleshoot incidents and software bugs
  • Lead regional incident response
  • Participate in on-call support when required

Benefits

  • Stock options
  • Health benefits
  • One-time USD 500 home-office setup
  • USD 150 monthly stipend via a Brex Card