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# Software Engineer - Trading

- **Company:** ALPACA TRADE LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Trading, Cloud Computing, Financial Information EXchange, Microsoft Office, Risk Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools, Docker
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/auth/login?destination=/job/senior-software-engineer-trading/11892357

## About the Role

You must have previous software engineering experience with trading or exchange systems (OMS, EMS, exchanges, market making, algorithmic trading, quant trading).
Who You Are (Must-Haves):

 * Strong, experienced software engineer with lead experience is preferred
 * Coding skills in both low and high level languages around C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, Python
 * Low latency and high throughput optimization
 * Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
 * Analytical data-oriented mindset and skills
 * Knowledge of algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, databases, low latency systems and concurrency control
 * System design skills with object-oriented data modeling, service-oriented architectures, system abstraction
 * Experience with the development and implementation of Order Management systems (OMS) and Risk Management systems (RMS)

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):

 * Algo trading experience (either professional or personal)
 * FIX protocol knowledge
 * Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling and benchmarking
 * Financial market (exchange, broker-dealers, clearing, etc.) knowledge
 * Experience with financial ledgers
 * Statistical and quantitative analysis skills
 * Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP)
 * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

## Description

Cloud * Information Technology * Productivity * Security * Software * App development * Automation
The Account Executive will drive enterprise sales for financial services customers across the Americas. The role is remote and involves managing customer relationships and pursuing business opportunities. Specific responsibilities and qualifications are not provided in the available job description.
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