Database Application Engineer at Alpaca (Remote)

Hi PostgreSQL community,

I'm very excited to share our job posting seeking for experienced engineers
building applications on PostgreSQL, as someone who wrote the initial
version of window functions support in 8.4 and plv8 later on. Please feel
free to reach out to me for any questions, thanks!

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Alpaca/1b6663a0-9018-4c2d-a72a-4c2d43b9c61e
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At Alpaca, we build many things from scratch without relying on legacy
technology in the financial industry. In many applications we build,
PostgreSQL is the center of transaction management and we heavily use it
for things from brokerage accounting system to order management system. We
are looking for skilled database/business logic engineer(s) with seasoned
experiences building applications around PostgreSQL. Our backend
application system is written in Go.

You will be writing Go, PL/pgSQL, and plenty of raw SQL using different
techniques (window functions, CTE, btree_gist, etc) as well as identifying
bottlenecks and tuning the performance to achieve agile development of our
fast moving business.

You are expected to have:

- 3-5 or more years experiences building and operating business
applications with PostgreSQL
- Knowledge around PostgreSQL performance tuning
- Knowledge on PostgreSQL specific features such as FDW, PL/pgSQL, GiST,
replications, etc)
- Ability to understand the business domain problems around financial
transactions
- Proficient in one of application languages (Python, Ruby, Go, Java, etc)
to build an application using databases
- Database maintenance skills and operate on things such as provisioning,
upgrade, backup, replications, and schema maintenance.
- Be able to communicate directly with internal business users to
understand the problems and provide solutions

About Alpaca:

Alpaca (https://alpaca.markets) is a Silicon Valley based fintech startup
that builds an API for stock trading that enables developers to build
trading algos, applications, and brokerage services globally.

Alpaca’s globally distributed team consists of developers, traders, and
brokerage business specialists and backed by a group of well-capitalized
investors including Spark Capital, Portag3, Social Leverage, Y Combinator
as well as highly experienced industry angel investors. We are also very
tech-enthusiastic with notable track records in open source and startup
communities.

Hitoshi Harada
https://alpaca.markets
650-863-8499