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Staff Software Engineer, New Markets Middle East (Remote)
Who We Are
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure platform powering stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading for financial institutions globally.
Backed by over $320M in funding, Alpaca supports hundreds of businesses across 40+ countries through our APIs and infrastructure, powering more than 9 million brokerage accounts worldwide.
We’re a globally distributed team of engineers, traders, and fintech operators building the future of financial infrastructure.
The Role
We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help lead Alpaca’s expansion into the Middle East, focused on the UAE and Saudi markets.
This is a high-impact, founding-level engineering role where you’ll help architect and build the next generation of trading and brokerage infrastructure for the region.
You’ll work closely with trading, infrastructure, and product teams to design scalable backend systems, market connectivity solutions, and event-driven architectures that power critical financial workflows.
You’ll play a key role in technical decision-making, system design, and helping shape the long-term engineering direction of Alpaca Middle East.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong backend engineering and distributed systems experience
- Experience building trading, brokerage, fintech, or capital markets systems
- Deep understanding of scalable architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems
- Strong hands-on engineering ability with experience leading complex technical initiatives
- Experience with Go, Java, C++, Python, or similar backend technologies
- Cloud and containerization experience (AWS/GCP/Kubernetes)
Why Join
- Alpaca?
- Fully remote global team
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Opportunity to help build a new regional business from the ground up
- High ownership, greenfield engineering challenges, and real technical impact
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
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