Staff Software Engineer - New Markets Singapore/SEA
Alpaca is a brokerage infrastructure company providing developer APIs for stocks, options, fixed income, and crypto trading, plus tokenization infrastructure for TradFi–DeFi markets.
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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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will architect, design and implement the systems and services that form the foundation of a global brokerage platform. As the founding technical lead for Singapore and the broader SEA region, you will lead regional recruitment, run cross-functional projects, mentor engineers and act as operational reliability lead and incident commander during regional business hours. You will build middle- and back-office systems such as gRPC microservices, customer account and PII systems, KYC/CDD/AML controls and multi-currency buying-power and margin engines, and extend frameworks for regional languages, currencies and regulations while engaging with regulators like the MAS.
Requirements
- Business-level English fluency
- Extensive hands-on experience building broker-dealer middle- and back-office systems of record (clearing, settlement, custody, corporate actions, reconciliation) serving end investors
- Proven track record architecting complex financial systems grounded in a double-entry ledger and books-and-records model
- Deep experience with customer account management infrastructure, PII handling, KYC/CDD/AML and sanctions screening
- Experience implementing pre-trade risk and eligibility controls, including real-time multi-currency buying-power calculation, margin requirements and order validation
- Advanced proficiency in Go or similar modern backend languages, with production experience designing high-throughput REST and gRPC microservices
- Deep architectural background in domain-driven design and event-driven distributed systems
- Familiarity with Singapore regulatory requirements (MAS, Securities and Futures Act, MAS Notice SFA04-N02) and broader Southeast Asian financial markets
- Working knowledge of Singapore PDPA
- Ability to balance hands-on architecture with leadership, mentoring and shaping roadmaps
- Ability to lead and troubleshoot incidents during Singapore business hours
Responsibilities
- Architect and design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems spanning multiple products or services
- Develop and enhance middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, APIs and third-party vendor integrations
- Build customer account/PII systems, KYC/CDD/AML controls, and pre-trade multi-currency buying-power and margin engines
- Extend frameworks for regional languages, currencies and regulations, starting with Singapore and expanding to SEA markets
- Provide strategic technical insights and mentor engineers to shape the engineering roadmap
- Lead cross-functional projects and establish engineering standards, code review practices and decision-making frameworks
- Serve as incident commander and operational reliability lead during regional business hours
- Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production issues
- Attend meetings during Singapore business hours and occasional meetings with teams in Japan, US and EU
- Lead technical integrations and recruitment for market launches, engaging with regional stakeholders and regulators like the MAS
Benefits
- Stock Options
- Health Benefits
- New Hire Home-Office Setup: one-time USD $500
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
