Senior Software Engineer - Prime

Alpaca (1 day ago)

RemoteFull TimeSenior$150,000 - $200,000Engineering

About this role

Alpaca is building a high-performance algo trading platform as part of its brokerage infrastructure. The role involves designing and developing complex systems that support low latency and high throughput trading operations, contributing to the company's mission of opening financial services to everyone.

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Required Skills

C++
Go
Rust
Distributed Systems
Low Latency
Messaging Queues
Algorithms
Object-Oriented Design
High Throughput
Financial Systems

About Alpaca

alpaca.markets

Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage platform that provides APIs and tools to build, automate, and embed investing and algorithmic trading for stocks, options, and crypto. It offers REST and streaming market data, trade execution, paper trading, and broker services (including omnibus/sub-accounting features) for managing client accounts. Developers and businesses use Alpaca’s clean APIs, SDKs, and webhooks to integrate trading into apps, run automated strategies, and manage portfolios programmatically. The platform focuses on programmability, low-latency execution, and infrastructure for both retail and institutional use.

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