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# Senior Software Engineer - Market Data

- **Company:** ABBOTT
- **Location:** Brazil, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Code Coverage, Software Quality, Code Review, Posix, Backend
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/register/us31f80735537098dcc34c7afdf78441f9

## About the Role

systems Design highly scalable, mission-critical systems Obsess over latency (every nanosecond counts) Implement backend services and lead architecture where scalability and resilience matters Maintain good software quality and test coverage Participate in code reviews Troubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs You may be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature Who You Are (Must-Haves): At least 4 years of experience working on systems at scale Experience with at least compiled imperative languages (e. g. Go, C, C++, Rust, etc. ).

## Description

The market data team is responsible for improving the overall architecture of Alpaca connected to data products such as stocks, options, crypto, and foreign exchange markets. Oversee their public API structure and documentation on both streaming and historical endpoints. The team is responsible for building a cohesive developer-first API and is tasked with planning, ideating, experimenting, and putting into production the new services, and libraries that overcome some of our greatest technical challenges as we continue to scale rapidly. We are looking for senior or staff engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have great fundamentals, have proven experience building and architecting at scale, and are not afraid of challenging conventions. This demanding team also requires a deep understanding of POSIX-like operating systems, modern infrastructure, and orchestration practices. Things You Get To Do: Influence the overall architecture of Alpaca s market data


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