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 C funding round brought our total investment to over $170 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 6 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 230+ 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:

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead our Advisory Suite team, which develops core systems that enable sophisticated portfolio management workflows. As the technical lead, you will guide the architecture and execution of features such as rebalancing engines, trade optimization (VWAP/TWAP), tax-aware strategies, and fixed income support. This is a critical leadership role that requires both technical depth and team coordination.

Things You Get To Do:

Own end-to-end architecture for the advisory suite, ensuring scalability, modularity, and correctness
Lead design and development of complex financial systems, including:

Intelligent portfolio rebalancers
Trade aggregators with execution-aware strategies (VWAP, TWAP)
Tax-aware investment strategies using lot-level accounting
Fixed income support with yield calculations, bond ladders, etc.

Drive technical planning, sprint scoping, and cross-functional alignment with product and quant teams
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, foster engineering best practices
Set and uphold standards for code quality, observability, and performance
Collaborate with leadership on roadmap priorities, and help steer product evolution (e.g., direct indexing, advisory fee modelling)

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

8+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, with 2+ years in a lead or staff role
Deep expertise in financial domains (portfolio construction, trading, tax, or fixed income preferred)
Proven ability to design and scale complex distributed systems, preferably in Golang
Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional projects
Exposure to financial regulations, tax constraints, or fee structures is a plus

How We Take Care of You:

Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Health Benefits
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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