Senior Software Engineer - India

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p>Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our <a href="https://alpaca.markets/blog/alpaca-raises-150-million-at-a-1-15b-valuation-to-build-the-global-standard-for-brokerage-infrastructure/">recent Series D funding round</a> brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.</p> <p>Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 9 million brokerage accounts.</p> <p>Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of <strong>opening financial services to everyone on the planet</strong>. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.</p> <p>Alpaca is proudly backed by top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Team Members:</strong></p> <p>We're a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!<br><br>We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.</p></div><h2 id="Your-Role" data-renderer-start-pos="525"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your Role:</span></h2> <p data-renderer-start-pos="536"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Software Engineer at Alpaca India, you will be a key technical contributor and leader within our engineering organization. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software systems that power Alpaca's financial infrastructure. You will demonstrate advanced technical competency across multiple areas, including design, architecture, and performance optimization, while actively mentoring team members and influencing team practices and project direction.</span></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1055"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In addition to software development, you will also handle infrastructure-related management tasks for our on-premise data center operations in GIFT City. While the actual infrastructure work is performed by our DevOps team and vendors, you will coordinate infrastructure provisioning activities, manage vendor relationships, and ensure alignment between software requirements and infrastructure capabilities. Occasional on-site work at GIFT City data centers may be required for technical reviews, vendor coordination, and ensuring infrastructure meets operational standards.</span></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1632"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will independently lead complex software projects, resolve systemic issues, and maintain high-quality standards through robust testing and efficient design. Your influence extends beyond your own work to team practices, project direction, and cross-team collaborations, playing a significant role in setting processes and standards while shaping long-term project strategies.</span></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2027"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role requires strong problem-solving abilities, a commitment to continuous learning, and genuine care for team dynamics and user impact. You will serve as ... (truncated, view full listing at source)