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Senior Software Engineer - NewMarkets Japan

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$98,000–$162,000
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Join Alpaca as a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain systems for the Japan market. Work remotely in a dynamic team focused on innovative financial solutions.

Description

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 recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.

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, totaling over 9 million brokerage accounts.

Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. 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.

Responsibilities

Your Role:

As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for:
  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that form Alpaca's foundation.
  • Contributing to regional recruitment initiatives and driving cross-functional team projects.
  • Mentoring teammates with respect to our engineering principles and practices.
  • Participating in operational reliability engineering during regional business hours.

Things You Get To Do:

  • Design highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems for the Japan market.
  • Develop and enhance middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, REST and gRPC APIs, and third-party vendor integrations.
  • Collaborate with Alpaca's core teams to enhance and transform the core framework.
  • Coordinate in Japanese with local regulators, vendors, partners, and business stakeholders.
  • Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and assist with timely engineering projects.
Requirements

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

  • Native or JLPT N1 level fluency in Japanese.
  • Business-level English fluency.
  • Proven experience in designing and developing complex financial systems.
  • Strong understanding of accounting principles and transaction reconciliation.
  • Experience in building scalable, high-availability financial applications.
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial markets, preferably in Japan.
  • Proficiency in at least one statically typed language (e.g. Go, Rust, Java).
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with global teams.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and proven software engineering architecture experience.
Conditions & Benefits

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
Job Details
Salary$98,000–$162,000
LocationRemote
AI Score★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8/10
PostedMay 18, 2026 (55d ago)
Tags & Skills
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Tech Stack
GogRPCREST APIsdouble-entry accountingfinancial systemshigh-availability applicationsscalable applications

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