Description:

Alpaca is a fast-growing series B fintech company that has raised over $120 million in funding.
The company is an API-first stock and crypto platform that enables developers and businesses to build trading algorithms, applications, and brokerage services.
The team consists of over 150 globally distributed members who work remotely from various countries.
As a Team Lead, you will lead a group of software engineers in designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems and services that empower millions of users trading billions of dollars worth of assets.
You will be responsible for designing and architecting the platform, writing code, and making critical decisions to enhance the experience for internal engineering teams and customers.
The role involves writing well-structured applications in Go, focusing on testing and observability, containerizing applications into optimized Docker images, and designing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployment.

Requirements:

You must have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including a deep understanding of K8S objects and cloud-native application development, as well as experience writing Helm charts.
You should have experience with Docker, specifically in writing highly optimized Dockerfiles.
Proficiency in Golang or other modern compiled statically typed languages is required, with skills in concurrent programming and writing well-structured, well-covered code (unit/integration/e2e tests).
Experience with relational databases, particularly Postgres, with a focus on optimized queries on large tables is necessary.
You should have prior tech-lead and team-lead experience.
Nice to have skills include advanced Kubernetes knowledge (CKA/CKAD), experience with Kafka/Redpanda, message serialization technologies (Protobuf, Flatbuffer), and familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki).
Knowledge in algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, concurrency control, and a devops mindset is beneficial.

Competitive salary and stock options are offered.
Health benefits start on day one, including Medical, Dental, and Vision in the US, supplemental health care in Canada, and a stipend for international medical costs.
A one-time home-office setup allowance of USD $500 is provided for new hires.
A monthly stipend of USD $150 is available via a Brex Card.
You will have the opportunity to work with talented individuals, smart clients, and innovative partners from around the world.