Alpaca
Financial Services
DirectorofEngineering
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“Director of Engineering at Alpaca. Skills: Institutional trading platform, Engineering roadmap, Team leadership, Multi-asset architecture. Define and own engineering roadmap. Build, lead, and scale engineering team”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Director-level (or above) engineering leader, experience owning critical, market-facing platforms, Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams, Deep understanding of institutional trading and brokerage technology, Experience designing or operating systems that support cross-asset risk and margining, architectural judgment, Deep knowledge of OS fundamentals, Deep knowledge of distributed systems, Clear communicator
Nice to Have
Experience with algorithmic trading systems, Exposure to portfolio margin, Exposure to cross-margining methodologies, Background supporting hedge funds, Background supporting proprietary trading firms, Background supporting institutional clients, Prior experience scaling trading platforms
What You'll Do.
Define and own engineering roadmap
and scale engineering team
Partner with CTO office
Lead evolution toward multi-asset architecture
Design and deliver trading capabilities
Drive architectural decisions
Set and enforce technical standards
Coordinate concurrent initiatives
Work cross-functionally
Represent engineering
Provide technical thought leadership
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with the Office of the CTO; Partner with Global Head of Brokerage; Work cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Finance; Represent institutional trading engineering in executive-level planning
Communication Scope
Clear communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders
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: Alpaca is building the next-generation market infrastructure that powers the most sophisticated institutional use cases and expands its API-driven platform to support complex, high-performance "agentic" trading strategies. This strategic expansion ensures a robust and reliable foundation for all active tra
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