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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Alpaca 's roles stay open a median of 43 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Alpaca 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Alpaca
- high 27 stale, 1 reposted of 60 open
- Hiring momentum
- 100 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Alpaca 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Alpaca .
About this role
As a Software Engineer in the Advisory Suite at Alpaca, you will be responsible for building and enhancing proprietary services aimed at delivering high-quality advisory services to users. This role involves significant coding and system design work, requiring expertise in both frontend and backend technologies, as well as a deep understanding of trading systems and performance optimization. You will be part of a small, dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact the platform's architecture and user experience.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Alpaca as an employer.
What you need
- Previous software engineering experience with trading or exchange systems (OMS, EMS, exchanges, market making, algorithmic trading, quant trading)
- System design skills with object-oriented data modeling, service-oriented architectures, system abstraction
- Strong, experienced software engineer with Senior experience is preferred
- Coding skills in both low and high level languages around C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, Python
- Low latency and high throughput optimization
- Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
Nice to have
- FIX protocol knowledge
- Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling and benchmarking
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed
- Role involves significant responsibility in a startup environment, which may be demanding
- Experience in trading systems is a strict requirement, which may limit candidate pool
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Listed by Alpaca on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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