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Software Engineer - Core Trading at Alpaca

Department: Engineering

Setup
Remote
Location
Eugene, Oregon
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Alpaca is hiring a senior software engineer to build and architect its algorithmic trading platform. The role involves writing low- and high-level code, optimizing for low latency and high throughput, designing distributed systems, and working with databases, messaging systems, concurrency, and object-oriented data modeling. The posting seeks strong Go and C/C++ skills, experience with scalable distributed systems, and knowledge of trading, order management, risk management, FIX, observability, and cloud platforms. Benefits include competitive salary and stock options, health benefits, a one-time home-office setup, and a monthly stipend.

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