Alpaca
Financial Services
SeniorFrontendEngineer-InternalTools
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“Senior Frontend Engineer - Internal Tools at Alpaca. Skills: TypeScript, React, Golang, Frontend development. Design frontend applications. Implement frontend applications”
What You'll Achieve.
Empower millions of users; Deliver high-quality end-to-end solutions; Build elegant and seamless user experiences; Focus on polish; Focus on performance; Focus on responsiveness; Focus on accessibility
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in frontend development with TypeScript/React, 2+ years of experience using a modern systems programming language like Golang, C++, or Rust, Excellent communication and collaboration skills, Ability to translate product mockups and designs into fully realized user interfaces, Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS, Passionate about creating intuitive and performance user interfaces, Experience with REST APIs and WebSockets best practices, Experience with relational databases and SQL, Track record of setting or influencing frontend best practices, Attention to detail and an appreciation for design aesthetics
Nice to Have
Algo trading experience (either professional or personal), Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP), Experience or understanding of financial markets, Experience working at a startup, Experience working remotely
What You'll Do.
Design frontend applications
Implement frontend applications
Maintain frontend applications
Develop web applications
Develop mobile applications
Create user interfaces
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with cross-functional teams; Collaborate in a cross-functional team; Work closely with users and internal stakeholders
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
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: As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining frontend applications that form the foundation of user experience at Alpaca and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets. As part of a focused and specialized engineering team,
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