Staff Software Engineer, New Market
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About the Role
Who We Are: Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our re.
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Responsibilities
- Architect and establish foundational software systems using Go or similar languages
- Design and establish event driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous processing patterns
- Build and maintain APIs, services, and integrations that power Alpaca's financial infrastructure
- Optimize system performance at scale, identifying bottlenecks and implementing efficient solutions
- Ensure systems meet reliability, scalability, and regulatory compliance requirements
- Establish coding standards and best practices
- Lead complex, multi team software initiatives from conception to delivery
- Resolve systemic issues that impact the entire organization
- Establish infrastructure coordination frameworks and strategies with DevOps and vendors
Requirements
- Deep software engineering expertise recognized across the industry
- Experience with Go or similar languages
- Experience with event driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous processing
- Experience architecting and building scalable, maintainable, and performant systems
- Experience with regulatory compliance in financial systems
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Who We Are
- Alpaca is a US headquartered self clearing broker dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.
- Our recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million.
- Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional grade APIs.
- Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals.
Your Role
- As a Staff Software Engineer at Alpaca Middle East, you will be a strategic technical leader responsible for architecting, designing, and establishing the foundational software systems that power Alpaca's financial infrastructure in the region.
- Your primary responsibility will be setting the technical direction for our software engineering practices, establishing architectural standards and patterns, and ensuring our systems meet regulatory compliance requirements while maintaining world class reliability, scalability, and performance.
- You will demonstrate exceptional technical depth and breadth across software engineering, serving as the recognized expert in system design, architecture, and performance optimization.
- You will independently lead complex, multi team software initiatives, resolve systemic issues that impact the entire organization, and establish high standards for quality through innovative design solutions and engineering excellence.
- In addition to software development, you will establish strategic approaches for infrastructure coordination with regional deployments and cloud or data center operations as needed for UAE and Saudi markets.
Software Architecture and Strategic Development
- Architect and establish foundational software systems using Go or similar languages, setting technical direction for organizational software development.
- Design and establish event driven architectures, message queues, and asynchronous processing patterns that serve as organizational standards.
- Build and maintain APIs, services, and integrations that power Alpaca's financial infrastructure, establishing architectural patterns and best practices.
- Optimize system performance at scale, identifying bottlenecks and implementing efficient solutions that influence organizational performance standards.
- Ensure systems meet reliability, scalability, and regulatory compliance requirements, establishing compliance frameworks for the organization.
- Establish coding standards and best practices, writing clean, maintainable, and well tested code that serves as examples for the organization.
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and performant systems that meet business requirements and serve as architectural blueprints.
Technical Leadership and Strategic Expertise
- Demonstrate exceptional technical competency recognized across the organization and industry, serving as the ultimate authority across multiple areas including design, architecture, and performance optimization.
- Lead complex, multi team software initiatives from conception to delivery, establishing organizational standards and best practices.
- Resolve systemic issues that impact the entire organization, applying deep technical knowledge and innovative problem solving approaches.
- Serve as the recognized expert on challenging technical issues, providing strategic guidance and solutions that influence organizational technical direction.
- Establish and maintain high standards for quality across the organization, ensuring robust testing, code review, and efficient design solutions.
- Evaluate and recommend strategic technical solutions, considering trade offs between performance, maintainability, cost, and long term business objectives, influencing organizational technical decisions.
Infrastructure Coordination and Strategic Management
- Establish infrastructure coordination frameworks and strategies with DevOps and vendors for regional deployments.
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