Alpaca
Financial Services
Director,DigitalAsset&BrokerageOperations
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“Director, Digital Asset & Brokerage Operations at Alpaca. Skills: Digital Asset Operations, Brokerage Operations, Trade Operations. Build and manage a globally distributed team. Provide 24/5 service coverage”
What You'll Achieve.
Provide 24/5 service coverage; Provide world-class service
Industry & Context.
Resolve trade differences; Identify trade differences
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Middle/back office trade operations experience, Experience trading crypto professionally, Experience in US crypto regulations
Nice to Have
Quant research experience, Experience running a trading desk, Entrepreneurial experience, Experience in SOC 1/2 Type 2 environment
What You'll Do.
Build and manage a globally distributed team
Provide 24/5 service coverage
Engage with customers
Provide world-class service
Review trade differences
Identify trade differences
Resolve trade differences
Process trade corrections
Process trade cancellations
Inventory account reconciliation
Provide input into new procedures
Provide input into process revisions
Work with engineering to build trading systems
Work with engineering to monitor trading systems
Perform automated hedging strategies
Manage global fiat banking relationships
Maintain relationships with liquidity providers
Maintain relationships with token projects
Maintain relationships with vendors
Assist with financial audits
Assist with regulatory audits
Work closely with engineering to bring products to
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Globally distributed team; Work with engineering
Full Job Description
Who We Are: Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 9 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is proudly backed by top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator. Our Team Members: We're a dynamic team of 380+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond! We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Your Role: This role is position is for an experienced trading operations manager with automated trading and middle and back office experience. This includes leading our US spot exchange operations (Alpaca Crypto LLC) leading our Bahamas spot and derivatives exchange operations (AlpacaX Crypto Limited) building and m
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