Team Lead Engineer - Crypto

Alpaca

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Global

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Role Overview:

  • Lead all Crypto related engineering including our spot and derivatives exchanges licensed in the US and Bahamas.
  • Architect, spec and build the perpetual futures exchange including high-performance matching engine, collateral/liquidation/risk engine, public API, kyc/aml, regulatory reporting, settlement clearing and custody, banking, order management, accounting, analytics and compliance integrations.

Responsibilities:

  • Design highly scalable, mission-critical crypto spot and derivatives exchange trading millions of dollars from day one.
  • Implement backend services and web applications, maintain good software quality and test coverage, participate in code reviews, troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs.
  • May be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature.

Requirements:

  • Experience building a CLOB exchange, HFT, market-making, high performance matching engines, margin/liquidation engines or other high-throughput & low-latency, regulated, fault-tolerant financial system.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience of backend software development and experience with at least one modern programming language like GoLang, Python, C/C++, NodeJS, Java, etc.
  • SQL or relational database skills, hands-on knowledge with Bash, Linux & Docker; Kubernetes experience is a plus.

What We Offer:

  • 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.

Alpaca

Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and more. Our diverse team of 400+ globally distributed members thrives working from anywhere, backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier investors.

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