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Staff Software Engineer, New Markets (Remote)
Who We Are
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure platform powering stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading for financial institutions globally.
Backed by over $480M in funding, Alpaca supports hundreds of businesses across 40+ countries through our APIs and infrastructure, powering more than 9 million brokerage accounts worldwide.
We’re a globally distributed team of engineers, traders, and fintech operators building the future of financial infrastructure.
The Role
We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help lead Alpaca’s expansion into the Middle East, focused on the UAE and Saudi markets (can be remote from EU)
This is a high-impact, founding-level engineering role where you’ll help architect and build the next generation of trading and brokerage infrastructure for the region. You’ll work closely with trading, infrastructure, and product teams to design scalable backend systems, market connectivity solutions, and event-driven architectures that power critical financial workflows.
You’ll play a key role in technical decision-making, system design, and helping shape the long-term engineering direction of Alpaca Middle East.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong backend engineering and distributed systems experience
- Experience building trading, brokerage, fintech, or capital markets systems
- Deep understanding of scalable architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems
- Strong hands-on engineering ability with experience leading complex technical initiatives
- Experience with Go, Java, C++, Python, or similar backend technologies
- Cloud and containerization experience (AWS/GCP/Kubernetes)
Why Join Alpaca?
- Fully remote global team
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Opportunity to help build a new regional business from the ground up
- High ownership, greenfield engineering challenges, and real technical impact
How We Take Care of You:
Competitive Salary & Stock Options Health Benefits
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
About Alpaca
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Company culture
Radical, honest, and empathy-driven
We're a startup with products that are disrupting an old industry. We see the opportunity and it's clear to us that our impact is going to be massive. We want to be a team that's ready for the ups and downs. We move fast and try our best to bring honesty and clarity when we communicate. Each of us brings to the table unique life experiences and diverse backgrounds - these experiences are valued and we don't take it for granted. We want to learn about you and want you to learn about us, working together to build empathy every step of the way.
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