Senior software engineer designing scalable market - data services for Alpaca’s brokerage infrastructure. Building APIs and production systems for stocks, options, crypto, and foreign exchange data.
About the role
- Senior Software Engineer developing core systems for Caribou, a company tackling the caregiver shortage. Architecting distributed systems and collaborating across teams to enhance caregiver experiences.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build distributed, event-driven systems that support large-scale data and real-time interactions
- Lead major initiatives end-to-end: from technical design and data modeling to deployment and monitoring
- Collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver delightful user experiences
- Ensure reliability, performance, security, and observability across the stack
- Mentor teammates and elevate engineering quality - through code reviews, technical design, and thought leadership
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building production software systems at scale
- Proficiency with a modern stack - ideally TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS
- Proven ability to design backend services using best practices (e.g., REST/GraphQL, domain-driven design, event-driven patterns, CQRS)
- Experience writing performant and maintainable UI/UX
- Strong understanding of security, reliability, and DevOps principles
- Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams
- Ability to clearly communicate technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- A growth mindset and motivation to experiment, measure, and iterate.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Healthcare benefits
- Summer half-days
- Hybrid work-culture: Options to work remotely
- Purpose with impact: Help solve one of society’s most important challenges - the caregiver shortage.
- Award-winning company: Caribou is a Top 10 Fast-Growing Technology Company in Canada (The Globe and Mail 2025).
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