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Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading. The company is backed by $400M in funding from top-tier investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, and Y Combinator, and operates a globally distributed team of 400+ members.
As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer on the Trading API team, you will design, implement, and maintain systems and services that power Alpaca's platform and empower millions of users trading billions of dollars in assets. You'll own the end-to-end user experience and product development for Trading API customers, spanning both frontend trading dashboards and backend systems that power features like elite accounts, high-yield cash, and paper trading.
Key responsibilities include architecting and developing scalable full-stack solutions across the entire technology stack, working closely with cross-functional teams to dive deep into backend financial systems (payments, trading, market data, accounts), contributing to API design and product features, owning delivery of high-visibility features from design through deployment, and mentoring peers while influencing technical strategy.
Required qualifications: 5+ years of full-stack development experience with Golang and TypeScript/React; proficiency in TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS frameworks (TailwindCSS), and at least one modern systems programming language (Golang or C#); experience with SQL and relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL); REST API expertise; excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to translate stakeholder requirements into realized features; and attention to detail with appreciation for design aesthetics.
Nice-to-have skills include algorithmic trading experience, familiarity with major cloud platforms (GCP preferred), understanding of financial markets, Docker/Kubernetes experience, startup background, and remote work experience.
