Staff Software Engineer - Platform
Core
Own the technical direction of Alpaca's streaming platform (Redpanda-based event backbone) and lead the shift from batch to event-driven architecture across the company.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Platform/Streaming)
Builds
Client-facing and internal streaming services, shared libraries, authentication systems, and AI-native engineering substrates.
Domain
Fintech / Financial Services / Event Streaming
Required skills
Go, event streaming architecture (Kafka/Redpanda), real-time data delivery (WebSockets/SSE/gRPC), technical direction without authority, library maintenance, Kubernetes/Helm, PostgreSQL, startup experience
Preferred skills
FlatBuffers/Protobuf, Change Data Capture (Debezium), Auth systems (OAuth/OIDC), chaos engineering, Terraform/Argo CD, observability (Prometheus/Grafana), fintech domain knowledge
Technologies
Redpanda, Go, Helm, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, FlatBuffers, WebSockets, SSE, gRPC, Prometheus, Tempo
Responsibilities
Define 2-3 year technical direction for the streaming platform, lead the shift to event-driven architecture, design user-facing streaming at scale, set standards for event-driven design, shape AuthN/AuthZ direction, partner with SRE on resilience testing, lead on-call rotation for shared infrastructure
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic direction
