Senior Software Engineer - Ledger

Alpaca
Japan
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Stakeholder alignment","Debugging","Ownership","Autonomy"]

Design, implement, and maintain the systems that power a modern ledger at the core of the platform. Build scalable backend components and deliver high-visibility features end-to-end, partnering with finance, operations, and product. Drive system health improvements with other engineering teams, ensuring performant, defect-free, maintainable services that serve as the source of truth for transactional and reporting needs.

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Alpaca
Alpaca
1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer - Ledger

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Job Summary

Design, implement, and maintain the systems that power a modern ledger at the core of the platform. Build scalable backend components and deliver high-visibility features end-to-end, partnering with finance, operations, and product. Drive system health improvements with other engineering teams, ensuring performant, defect-free, maintainable services that serve as the source of truth for transactional and reporting needs.
Location: Japan
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with finance, operations, and product teams to deliver high-impact features and projects.
  • •Build backend systems/components with integrity, maintainability, scalability, and stability.
  • •Own delivery of high-visibility features/projects from design through deployment.
  • •Partner with engineering teams to improve health and reliability of Alpaca systems.
  • •Design and implement solutions while helping define goals with a cross-functional team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome OfficeMonthly Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience building and maintaining systems at scale.
  • •Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, defect-free mindset.
  • •Excellent collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • •Strong coding skills, preferably in Go, with ability to debug and prevent issues.
  • •Experience with IDLs (e.g., protobuf), RPC frameworks (e.g., gRPC), cloud platforms (e.g., GCP), and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
Experience:5+ yearsFinancial servicesAccountingDistributed systemsEvent-driven systemsMessaging
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationStakeholder alignmentDebuggingOwnershipAutonomy
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoProtobufGRPCGCPPostgreSQLDistributed systemsEvent-driven systemsMessaging brokersRedpanda

Company Brief

Alpaca
Provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for algorithmic and automated stock trading, enabling fintechs and developers to build trading applications with commission-free market access and custody services.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2015
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