Alpaca builds an API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform.
Trade with algorithms, connect with apps, and build services with our easy to use APIs
 *Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC, Cryptocurrencies by Alpaca Crypto LLC (alpaca.markets)*

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full-stack-engineer

Alpaca is a fintech company that provides a comprehensive brokerage and trading platform through a suite of APIs. These APIs enable developers and businesses to integrate algorithmic trading, app development, and embedded investing into their services. Alpaca offers services like trading in US stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrency with options for local currency transactions. The company is recognized for its cyber security practices and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. Alpaca is ideal for fintech startups, broker-dealers, hedge funds, and other financial services looking to build sophisticated trading applications and platforms with minimal friction through their well-documented Broker API.

Alpaca builds an API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform. Trade with algorithms, connect with apps, and build services with our easy to use APIs

 *Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC, Cryptocurrencies by Alpaca Crypto LLC (alpaca.markets)*

• Own projects that push the boundaries of Alpaca’s internal tools and systems.
• Work across domains to build features end-to-end, gaining exposure to the full spectrum of Alpaca’s infrastructure.
• Stay deeply connected to the needs of internal operations teams, building tools that streamline workflows and reduce manual effort.
• Drive architectural design conversations, helping shape scalable, intuitive, and reliable systems.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Play a key role in improving our response times and helping internal teams provide world-class customer support.
• Work directly with stakeholders, maintain relationships, and implement solutions that have a direct impact on Alpaca operations.
• Take ownership of high-visibility, high-impact initiatives with autonomy and accountability.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Internal Tools

Senior Full-Stack Engineer responsible for developing internal tools at Alpaca. Focused on enhancing workflows with scalable solutions for internal operations teams.

• Own projects that push the boundaries of Alpaca’s internal tools and systems.
• Work across domains to build features end to end, gaining exposure to the full spectrum of Alpaca’s infrastructure.
• Stay deeply connected to the needs of internal operations teams, building tools that streamline workflows and reduce manual effort.
• Drive architectural design conversations, helping shape scalable, intuitive, and reliable systems.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Play a key role in improving our response times and helping internal teams provide world-class customer support.
• Work directly with stakeholders, maintain relationships, and implement solutions that have a direct impact on Alpaca operations.
• Take ownership of high-visibility, high-impact initiatives with autonomy and accountability.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Broker API, Partner-Facing Application

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Alpaca responsible for designing and implementing internal tools. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows for operations.

• Play a pivotal role in architecting and developing software solutions across the full stack that push the boundaries of technology
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and dive deep into the backend systems and infrastructure that power financial markets
• Opportunity to contribute to API design and product features within our ecosystem 
• Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment
• Mentor peers and influence the technical strategy of our company

Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Trading API, Client-Facing Application

Senior Full-Stack Engineer developing user-facing trading applications at Alpaca. Collaborating with global teams to architect and enhance financial infrastructure across the full stack.

data-engineer

• Design and oversee key forward- and reverse-ETL patterns to deliver data to relevant stakeholders.
• Develop scalable patterns in the transformation layer to ensure repeatable integrations with BI tools across various business verticals.
• Expand and maintain the Alpaca Data Lakehouse architecture's constantly evolving elements.
• Collaborate closely with sales, marketing, product, and operations teams to address key data flow needs.
• Operate the system and manage production issues in a timely manner.

Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer developing the data management layer for a financial brokerage platform with scalability for larger customers. Collaborating with teams in a fully remote, diverse environment.

• Design a highly scalable, mission-critical brokerage system.
• Develop and enhance the middle- and back-office systems, including gRPC microservices, a React-based UI for internal administration and API developers, and third-party vendor integrations.
• Work closely with Alpaca's core teams to enhance and transform the core framework, enabling support for multiple languages, currencies, and markets.
• Collaborate with tech leads in other regions both synchronously and asynchronously, using Slack and occasional meetings outside of regular working hours to align with global teams.
• Troubleshoot incidents and reported bugs to maintain system integrity and performance.
• Thrive in a global environment, effectively navigating regulatory requirements and building scalable solutions to support Alpaca's international growth.
• You may be asked to be on-call to assist with timely engineering projects.

Senior Software Engineer – New Markets

Senior Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems at Alpaca, a financial services firm. Collaborating globally to support high-availability trading solutions.

product-designer

• Lead the end-to-end design for web and mobile applications
• Advocate for user needs throughout product development
• Shape and evolve design processes
• Collaborate with stakeholders and users to bring projects to life
• Manage multiple product and feature launches and design quality

Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer shaping web and mobile applications at Alpaca, advocating user needs and managing design processes with cross-functional teams.

• Build Alpaca's algo trading platform to meet users' expectations for quality and performance
• Design and architect the platform as part of a small team
• Write code and make critical decisions for customer experience
• Deep knowledge in frontend and backend, distributed systems, and high throughput design required

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer building Alpaca's algo trading platform focused on user quality and performance. Require diverse skill set in low/high level programming and system design.

frontend-engineer

• Act as a long-term technical steward for Alpaca’s frontend architecture (2–5 year horizon).
• Design and evolve scalable frontend patterns for data fetching, state management, performance, and runtime configuration.
• Drive large-scale initiatives such as:
  • Design system evolution and adoption
  • Frontend platform standardization
  • Performance, reliability, and developer-experience improvements.
• Identify and reduce systemic frontend technical debt with measurable business impact.
• Lead cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives spanning multiple product areas.
• Define rollout strategies that enable change without blocking feature delivery (e.g. phased migrations, feature flags, compatibility layers).
• Partner with backend and platform teams to solve end-to-end system problems, not just frontend symptoms.
• Influence engineers and leaders across the broader engineering organization.
• Write RFCs, decision records, and architectural proposals that align teams and drive adoption.
• Mentor Senior Engineers and help raise the overall frontend engineering bar.
• Navigate conflicting opinions and help teams disagree and commit.
• Take loosely defined business problems and turn them into clear, actionable technical initiatives.
• Manage risk in large migrations, architectural shifts, and platform-level changes.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability, even when ROI is not immediately visible.

Staff Frontend Engineer

Technical lead for frontend engineering at Alpaca, focusing on user experience and frontend architecture. Collaborating with teams to drive innovation and reduce technical debt while enhancing performance.

Alpaca builds an API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform. Trade with algorithms, connect with apps, and build services with our easy to use APIs  *Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC, Cryptocurrencies by Alpaca Crypto LLC (alpaca.markets)*

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Internal Tools

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Broker API, Partner-Facing Application

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Trading API, Client-Facing Application

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Senior Data Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer – New Markets

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Lead Product Designer

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Senior Software Engineer

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Staff Frontend Engineer

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