Team Lead Engineer - Crypto

Your Role:

• This role is to lead all Crypto related engineering including our spot and derivatives exchanges licensed in the US and Bahamas.
• Architect, spec and build the perpetual futures exchange including high-performance matching engine, collateral/liquidation/risk engine, public API, kyc/aml, regulatory reporting, settlement clearing and custody, banking, order management, accounting, analytics and compliance integrations.
• Our vision for a regulated, centralized multi-asset exchange is designed with modern custody and risk management measures in mind as we prepare for how regulations will change in a post-FTX world. This is a blank canvas opportunity to design a state-of-the-art crypto exchange with the many synergies arising from our renowned securities brokerage with its unimpeachable track record in safeguarding customer assets. We are uniquely positioned to become the pre-eminent brand in global financial investment infrastructure for both crypto and tradfi combined.
• Alpaca is 100% distributed and remote. This role will be reporting directly to the Head of Crypto for the initial phase and then to the CTO once the product is more mature.
• Things You Get To Do:
• Design highly scalable, mission-critical crypto spot and derivatives exchange trading millions of dollars from day one
• Implement backend services and web applications
• Maintain good software quality and test coverage
• Participate in code reviews
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs
• You may be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature
• Who You Are (Must-Haves):
• Experience building a CLOB exchange, HFT, market-making, high performance matching engines, margin/liquidation engines or other high-throughput & low-latency, regulated, fault-tolerant financial system
• Experience in building crypto
• BSc/MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 4 years of experience of backend software development
• Experience with at least one modern programming language like GoLang, Python, C/C++, NodeJS, Java, etc. Our platform is based in Golang
• SQL or relational database skills
• Hands-on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus
• Excited about what we are building at Alpaca
• The position level and title will vary according to candidate's experience and skills
• Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):
• Experience with Kubernetes, CKA, CKAD certification
• DevOps mindset is an asset
• Experience with NoSQL
• Experience with CI/CD
• Good understanding of the financial market
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge of microservice architectures
• Knowledge of clean code principles

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