Senior Full Stack Engineer, Alpaca
+ Stock Options
API for stock and crypto trading
Job no longer available
API for stock and crypto trading
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Stock Options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To unlock asset management for the people by modularising the world’s asset management activities.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 4 years of experience of full-stack development
- Experience with at least one modern programming language like React, GoLang, Python, etc. Our platform is based in Golang and React
- SQL or relational database skills
- Experience with NextJS is a plus
- Hands-on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus
- Good understanding of the financial market
- Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Knowledge of clean code principles
What the job involves
- Design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage system
- Implement backend services and web applications
- Maintain good software quality and test coverage
- Participate in code reviews
- Troubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs
- You will play a pivotal role in architecting and developing web applications that push the boundaries of technology
- You will work closely with cross-functional teams to create elegant and scalable software solutions that meet our clients’ needs
- An unique opportunity to lead projects, mentor junior developers, and contribute to the overall technical strategy of our company
Our take
Alpaca offers a developer-first API for stock trading. It enables companies to offer short-stock trading both worldwide and competitively commission-free across various programming languages. Within one year of launch Alpaca facilitated over $1 billion in transactions.
This is impressive, but not surprising. Fintech apps that facilitate stock trading on a level previously inaccessible to retail investors are on the rise. Alpaca puts this software within reach of companies who may previously have lacked the ability or the tech to do so. However, competition is growing, both from existing competitors like Interactive Brokers and Robinhood and robustly funded startups like Galileo and DriveWealth.
Alpaca now has the funding, including a round of convertible debt financing, available to scale its offering to larger businesses, and is looking further afield to work with international customers to earn income from foreign exchange fees. Whilst competition is strong in stock-trading APIs, casting their net wide could win Alpaca a head start.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% female employees
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2023
$15m
CONVERTIBLE
Aug 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $86.9m
Company benefits
- Competitive Salary & Stock Options
- Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs
- New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
- Work with awesome people, clients and partners from around the world
Company HQ
Downtown, San Mateo, CA
Articles
Leadership
Hitoshi Harada
(CPO)Former Database Kernel Architect at pivotal Inc and contributor at PostgreSQL Global development Group. Graduated from Keio University.
Yoshi Yokokawa
(CEO)Co-founder of Ikkyo Technology and former Forex Trader. Former Vice-President at Nomura.
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