[Hiring] Full-Stack Platform Engineer @Alpaca

Role Description

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Platform Team, you will develop and operate Alpaca’s authentication, authorization, and Identity Provider (IdP) systems - the systems that handle user login, access control, and secure access across our APIs, customer products, and internal tools.

We are looking for experienced engineers who are comfortable owning services end to end:

• API design
• Data modeling
• Deployments
• Production debugging

Most of your time will be spent writing Go (backend services, gRPC/REST APIs, shared client libraries), with meaningful work in React/TypeScript for auth-related UI, and occasionally Java for identity-provider extensions. You will also work with Helm charts, analyze logs and metrics, manage deployments, and help other teams to integrate with our services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience writing code in strongly-typed languages, with at least one year of experience in Go.
• Experience building web applications with React and TypeScript.
• Worked with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred, but not mandatory).
• Experience in a startup environment, thriving in ambiguous situations.
• Ability to take a task from start to finish, including gathering requirements and deploying solutions.
• At least 3 years of experience on systems at scale.

Requirements

• Knowledge of JWT tokens, OpenID Connect, and SAML.
• Experience with role-based access control.
• Built or maintained OpenAPI-driven HTTP APIs.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience with Java.
• Understanding of Kafka and possibly Redpanda.
• Experience with Grafana’s observability stack, including Prometheus and Tempo.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card