Your RoleWe are hiring a Team Lead in Singapore who brings Staff‑level technical depth and people leadership: you will guide engineers building brokerage and platform services for New Markets in the region, partner with general teams, and represent engineering for Singapore stakeholders.Things you get to do:Technical architecture and delivery- Architect and ship scalable, mission‑critical brokerage systems (gRPC microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, vendor integrations).- Advance the core platform for multi‑region, multi‑currency, and regulatory context globally.- Own API quality, performance, and operational readiness for regional workloads.Leadership and people- Lead, coach, and develop engineers in Singapore; set clarity on priorities, quality bar, and career growth.- Partner with recruiting on regional hiring and interviews.- Facilitate knowledge sharing and engineering culture across Alpaca.Operational excellence- Act as a senior escalation for incidents affecting regional stacks; improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response.- Participate in on‑call as appropriate for the team’s coverage model.Stakeholder collaboration- Work with Product, Compliance,
and local stakeholders on Singapore and regional requirements.- Collaborate across time zones with US and other regional engineering teams.What we look for (Must‑Haves)- Strong backend engineering (Go or equivalent) and distributed systems at scale.- Staff‑level impact: architecture ownership, cross‑team technical leadership, mentoring.- People leadership experience: direct or matrix leadership of engineers (1:1s, performance, delivery).- Financial services / fintech / brokerage exposure: trading lifecycle, settlements, regulatory awareness.- Excellent communication in English; comfort with regional and global stakeholders.Who You Might Be (Nice‑To‑Haves)- Experience in Singapore or APAC regulatory and market context.- Microservices, Kubernetes, cloud (GCP/AWS), event‑driven design.- Open‑source or strong community presence.How We Take Care of You- Competitive Salary & Stock Options- Health Benefits- New Hire Home‑Office Setup: One‑time USD $500- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex CardAlpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.#J-18808-Ljbffr
📌 Engineer Team Lead, New Markets Singapore (Asia)
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