Our company

  • Alpaca — US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more; serves hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs; active open-source contributor and developer-friendly API infrastructure.

Your position

  • Design, build and operate platforms behind software delivery, edge and L7 networking, platform access, and the application-facing observability stack.
  • Support and own the regional platform in your timezone in a follow-the-sun model.
  • Troubleshoot problems across the stack, advise teams on usage, and participate in on-call rotations.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in a DevOps, Platform/Infrastructure, or SRE role with production experience in large-scale systems.
  • Proven experience carrying multi-quarter platform work end-to-end in a complex environment with multiple Kubernetes clusters.
  • Deep production Kubernetes experience across multiple clusters (upgrades, debugging, day-to-day ownership) including Helm packaging/deployments.
  • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills with Terraform; GitOps mindset and least-privilege default.
  • Proven experience building and owning CI/CD pipelines at scale (e.g., GitHub Actions) with multi-location production releases.”,

Compensation & benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Stock Options.
  • Health Benefits.
  • New Hire Home-Office Setup: one-time USD $500, plus monthly USD $150 Brex Card stipend.
  • Equal opportunity employer and commitment to diversity.