Your Role:\n\nAlpaca is a next generation securities broker for algo traders.  With a clear vision and the right timing, we are a growing FinTech startup tapping into a new market in retail trading.  Our target users are tech savvy and analytical problem solvers who appreciate a modern technology stack and an innovative business model that helps to empower them to move beyond old school financial services. We look for engineers who think the same way.\n\nYour job is to build Alpaca's algo trading platform to satisfy our users who expect high quality and performance from their brokerage service.  This opportunity is similar to joining AWS or Heroku in their early days,  designing and architecting our platform by wearing many different hats in our small team. As an experienced engineer, you will write tons of code and make critical decisions about delivering the best experience to our customers.  This certainly requires deep knowledge in both frontend and backend, databases and distributed systems, as well as broad experience from low to high level in CPU-level hardware for high throughput, robust concurrency system design, abstract distributed system architecture for high availability and object-oriented data modeling with long term growth in mind. Joining an early stage startup, the payoff to this highly demanding environment will be worth the effort.\n\nYou must have previous software engineering experience with trading or exchange systems (OMS, EMS, exchanges, market making, algorithmic trading, quant trading).\nRequirements:\n\n\n* Strong, experienced software engineer with lead experience is preferred\n\n* Coding skills in both low and high level languages around C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, Python\n\n* Low latency and high throughput optimization\n\n* Experience with messaging queues and message brokers\n\n* Analytical data-oriented mindset and skills\n\n* Knowledge of algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, databases, low latency systems and concurrency control\n\n* System design skills with object-oriented data modeling, service-oriented architectures, system abstraction\n\n* Experience with the development and implementation of Order Management systems (OMS) and Risk Management systems (RMS)\n\n\n\nNice to have:\n\n\n* Algo trading experience (either professional or personal)\n\n* FIX protocol knowledge\n\n* Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling and benchmarking\n\n* Financial market (exchange, broker-dealers, clearing, etc.) knowledge\n\n* Experience with financial ledgers\n\n* Statistical and quantitative analysis skills\n\n* Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP)\n\n* Experience with Docker and Kubernetes\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Docker, Cloud, Senior, Heroku and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nToronto, Ontario, Canada

\n \n🙌🏼 What you will be doing\n\nWe’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to build great end user facing web applications which meet our customers’ needs, are bug-free, well tested and architected. We want someone who is excited by the possibilities of working on the intersection of FinTech and blockchain, deeply detail-oriented and focused on User Experience. If you are keen to work in a quickly growing product company and interested in new technologies then we want to hear from you. You will have an impact on what and how we do it.\n\n \n🧩What you will be working on\n\n\n* Developing web apps used either internally or by Ramp customers \n\n* Making key decisions on frontend architecture and individual solutions together with the team\n\n* Implementing various solutions for product specific needs such as KYC (Know Your Customer)\n\n* Working alongside our partners to solve their needs\n\n* Building and maintaining our design systems together with the Design team\n\n* Analyzing and understanding business requirements and translating them into technical solutions\n\n* Working closely with our designers and product team on delivering a world-class user experience\n\n* Mentoring less-experienced developers\n\n* Working with niche frontend tech: SDKs, payment gateways, iframes, cross-frame communication, anti-fraud tools, browser extension APIs (communication with blockchain wallets).\n\n\n\n\n \n🛠️ How we work: \n\nYou will play a crucial role within a dedicated product team, tasked with overseeing various features within the app. This team includes a Product Manager, a Designer, an Engineering Manager (who will serve as your direct supervisor), Quality Assurance specialists, and Backend Engineers.\n\nLearn more about our Tech Teams at Ramp.\n\n \n⚙️Our tech stack:\n\n\n* Front-end: TypeScript, React, Jest, CSS (SCSS + CSS Modules), TailwindCSS, MobX, Vite, Storybook\n\n* Back-end: TypeScript, NestJS (Node.js), PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, OpenTelemetry\n\n* SRE/DevOps: Google Cloud, Docker & Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Prometheus & Grafana\n\n* Quality Assurance: TypeScript, Jest, React Testing Library, MSW, Playwright, currents.dev\n\n* Blockchain: web3.js, ethers.js, and many more\n\n\n\n\n \n🤟What you will bring:\n\n\n* 4+ years of solid experience in front-end development\n\n* Ability to understand and appreciate good UX\n\n* Experience in refining tasks and asking the right questions\n\n* Attention to details\n\n* Listening to customers and partners feedback\n\n* Proactivity and ownership\n\n* Experience in working with design teams on delivering excellent products to customers\n\n* Experience in setting up frontend build systems, analyzing and picking the right tech for problems you need to solve\n\n* Ability to explain complex technical issues in plain language to others, including non-tech people\n\n* Great code review & communication skills\n\n* Good testing practices \n\n* Readiness to work in a rapidly scaling up startup\n\n\n\n\n \n🌟Extra points for:\n\n\n* Experience in building payment flows in web apps\n\n* Experience in using various 3rd party auth providers\n\n* Experience in tutoring less experienced developers\n\n* Crypto-related experience (building or maintaining dApps)\n\n\n\n\n \n🪄What’s in it for you?\n💸 Competitive salary\n\n\n* Equity package: share in our success\n\n* Zero-fee crypto purchases via on-ramp!\n\n* 21 000- 28 000 PLN net on B2B contract\n\n\n\n\n \n🩺 Health & wellbeing\n\n\n* 26+ days paid time-off\n\n* Health & Sports benefits for you and your loved ones\n\n* Dedicated time off for yearly health check-ups\n\n\n\n\n \n🧠 Development & Growth\n\n\n* Self-development and conference budget\n\n* Language lessons\n\n* Internal workshops and activities supporting growth and mental health\n\n\n\n\n \n🏢 Great working environment and socials\n\n\n* Modern and comfy offices in Warsaw and Wroclaw, which has everything you'll need to excel and collaborate with your team\n\n* Remote working with visits in our offices\n\n* The best laptops and kit to work on\n\n* Internal Tech meetups on-site & online\n\n* Team socials funded by us\n\n\n\n\n \n🤝Our interview process\n\n* Discovery interview - 30 min \n\n* Lifestyle interview - 60 min\n\n* Home-based programming task\n\n* Technical interview - 60 min\n\n\n\nLearn more about the recruitment process at Ramp. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Crypto, React, Docker, Testing, CSS, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWarsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland