Software Engineer - Market Data

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Software Engineer - Market Data in Remote

Alpaca
Full time
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Remote
08/19/2026
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Worldwide

Responsibilities

Design highly scalable, mission-critical market-data provider services.
Build and productionize services and libraries for Alpaca’s streaming and historical market-data APIs.
Maintain software quality and test coverage.
Participate in code reviews.
Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs.

Requirements

BSc/MSc in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least three years of backend software development experience.
Hands-on experience with Docker or Kubernetes.
Understanding of POSIX-like operating systems, modern infrastructure, and orchestration practices.
Experience with large datasets, SQL, IP networking, financial markets, or a major cloud platform is beneficial.
Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD are a plus.
Experience with shell scripting, Linux, Docker, and microservice architectures is beneficial.

Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options
Health benefits
One-time USD $500 new-hire home-office setup
USD $150 monthly stipend via a Brex Card
Global distributed work environment

Salary: Competitive

Alpaca

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, self-clearing broker-dealer and a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income, and crypto. Alpaca delivers embeddable finance solutions for tokenization, fully paid securities lending, high-yield cash, 24/5 t...

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