The role involves identifying and documenting cybersecurity and AI-related risks across infrastructure, products, and internal operations. You will support the execution of risk management frameworks and develop governance controls for AI systems and models.
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Design and evolve the core data platform infrastructure, including distributed query engines and lakehouse architecture. Build low-latency streaming and batch ingestion pipelines while ensuring platform reliability through monitoring and SLAs.
Own the end-to-end development and rollout of new asset classes or ancillary trading products, focusing on API-driven capabilities. Collaborate with engineering, legal, and compliance teams to ensure production-scale delivery and high partner adoption.
Build and architect Alpaca's algorithmic trading platform to ensure high quality and performance for brokerage services. The role involves writing extensive code and making critical decisions regarding distributed systems and high-throughput infrastructure.
Identify and execute borrow and loan opportunities across equities, fixed income, and ETFs using manual and automated strategies. Collaborate with technical teams to optimize trading systems, risk controls, and automated workflow solutions.
Lead and support investigations into suspicious activity, including securities fraud and account manipulation, to safeguard financial market integrity. Implement investigative procedures and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in compliance with FinCEN and regulatory requirements.
Senior Fraud Analyst – Fraud Investigations & Financial Crimes Monitoring
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Full Time
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11 days ago
Alpaca
Lead and support investigations into financial crimes, including securities fraud and account manipulation, while ensuring adherence to BSA/AML and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with the AMLCO to refine investigative procedures and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with FinCEN.
Develop a comprehensive testing strategy for the API surface and improve developer experience by standardizing tooling and infrastructure. Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests while mentoring product engineers to foster a culture of quality.
Build and architect Alpaca's algorithmic trading platform to ensure high quality and performance for users. The role involves writing extensive code and making critical decisions regarding distributed systems and high-throughput infrastructure.
Manage the end-to-end global equity settlement process, including trade matching, exception resolution, and cash/position reconciliations across international markets. Partner with engineering and product teams to automate operational workflows and ensure compliance with SEC and FINRA regulations.
Own the strategy, growth, and operational performance of the global crypto exchange business across B2C and B2B2C offerings. Lead licensing, product development, and commercial initiatives while managing critical vendor relationships and cross-functional teams.
Design and build production automations and UIs to eliminate manual operational workflows within brokerage functions. Own the full system lifecycle including deployment, monitoring, and ensuring auditability for regulators.
Design, build, and operate global cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform and GitOps principles. Build self-serve platform capabilities and maintain observability stacks to ensure high availability of trading-critical systems.
Oversee the company's financial and operational compliance with SEC Net Capital and Customer Protection rules. Supervise FOCUS reports, internal controls, and financial reconciliations while acting as a liaison for auditors and regulators.
Clearing Operations Associate - Corporate Actions - Overnight 2AM - 11AM EST
Alpaca
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Full Time
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20 days ago
Alpaca
The role involves processing and reconciling domestic and international corporate actions, including distributions, reorganizations, and redemptions. The associate will interface with external vendors and custodians to ensure accuracy and balance house accounts daily.
Build and scale a modern global payments and treasury platform using event-driven systems. Design and implement resilient financial infrastructure to support millions of users trading billions in assets.
Provide IT helpdesk support, manage hardware deployment, and handle onboarding and offboarding activities. Ensure organizational security by managing endpoint devices and maintaining IT asset inventories.
Act as the primary technical expert for enterprise partners in Japan and APAC, bridging the gap between business needs and global engineering. Responsibilities include managing the full technical sales lifecycle, guiding API integrations, and ensuring localized product requirements are met.
Manage the full sales cycle to grow Alpaca's market share and revenue through its institutional Broker API. Partner with fintechs, banks, and wealth management firms to launch and scale brokerage products across the US.
Manage the full sales cycle to grow Alpaca's market share and revenue across the Asia-Pacific region. Focus on acquiring new B2B clients including fintechs, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions.
Staff Software Engineer - New Markets Japan (JLPT N1 Fluent)
Alpaca
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Full Time
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25 days ago
Alpaca
Design and implement scalable brokerage systems and microservices tailored for the Japanese market, including integrations with local vendors and regulators. Collaborate with global teams to adapt the core framework for Japan-specific regulatory and accounting requirements.
Own the end-to-end continuous improvement of the company website, ensuring it remains a cohesive and current portal for all audiences. Act as the connective tissue between cross-functional teams to translate business priorities into a unified web experience.
Act as the primary technical expert to support the sales process and expand the enterprise partner base within the assigned territory. This involves translating complex business requirements into technical solutions and leading end-to-end technical sales engagements.
Lead the operations for digital assets within a self-clearing broker-dealer environment. Oversee the infrastructure and services provided to institutional clients across global markets.
Responsible for daily monitoring and surveillance of customer activity, including trading executions and cash management. The role also involves supporting KYC, AML programs, and reconciling general ledger accounts.
Build proprietary services for advisory functions including block trading and portfolio management. Design and architect a high-performance platform focusing on high throughput and high availability.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Broker API (Partner-Facing Application)
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Full Time
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2 months ago
Alpaca
Design, implement, and maintain the Broker API Dashboard to help partners track performance and manage operations. Drive architectural design conversations and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable, user-facing software solutions.
Lead the acquisition engineering function by managing a team of engineers and owning the technical execution of marketing funnels and regional web experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve conversion, content operations, and global scalability of the web platform.
The Data Analyst will partner with cross-functional teams to build foundational data models, dashboards, and deep-dive analyses. They will translate ambiguous business questions into actionable insights to help make the company data-driven.
Build and scale an engineering organization to deliver institutional trading capabilities and a multi-asset, cross-margining platform. Define the engineering roadmap and lead the architectural evolution of trading APIs, risk, and margin engines.
Oversee global accounting operations, including multi-entity consolidations and intercompany eliminations across various international jurisdictions. Partner with local entities and cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and timely financial reporting.
Design, implement, and maintain frontend applications and trading dashboards for internal tools. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance, accessible user interfaces and mentor peer engineers.
Own and drive the end-to-end development of brokerage account sub-surfaces, including KYC, identity verification, and account types. Collaborate with engineering, legal, and compliance to ship API-driven capabilities that increase partner adoption and operational efficiency.
Own the end-to-end tax product lifecycle, including IRS reporting, vendor relationships, and compliance processes. Scale tax infrastructure to support new asset classes and ensure accurate upstream data ingestion.
Maintain the reliability, observability, and operability of the brokerage platform across cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. Focus heavily on PostgreSQL database reliability, performance tuning, and mentoring engineers on reliability fundamentals.
Own the product roadmap for internal workflows and tooling to eliminate operational bottlenecks and technical debt. Design automated, scalable solutions for high-risk brokerage operations to support rapid company growth.
Design and implement scalable brokerage systems and microservices tailored for the Japanese market. Coordinate with local regulators and vendors to translate requirements into technical specifications for the global engineering team.
Architect and scale mission-critical tax platform systems to ensure global compliance and financial accuracy. Design resilient microservices and data pipelines using Golang and Temporal to manage complex regulatory workflows.
Build and maintain the technical capability layer for company-wide AI productivity, focusing on agentic AI infrastructure and self-service tooling. Own the connector layer, execution environments, and AI governance to ensure safe and scalable deployment of AI workflows.
Own and execute a core crypto product surface, focusing on trading, custody, tokenization, or on-chain settlement for a broker-as-a-service platform. Collaborate with engineering, legal, and partners to translate developer needs into a scalable B2B roadmap.
Design and scale mission-critical market data systems and public APIs for stocks, options, crypto, and forex. Focus on reducing latency, implementing resilient backend services, and maintaining high software quality through code reviews and testing.
Design and build systems for post-trade clearing, settlement, and securities finance infrastructure. Own projects from ideation to deployment to enable new product offerings and refine existing systems.
You will lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers in Singapore while architecting and delivering scalable, mission-critical brokerage systems. Additionally, you will collaborate with global stakeholders to ensure operational excellence and alignment with regional regulatory requirements.
You will serve as a strategic technical leader responsible for architecting foundational software systems and establishing architectural standards for Alpaca's financial infrastructure in the Middle East. The role involves leading complex multi-team initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating infrastructure requirements with regional operations.
The associate will partner with the Director of Brokerage Operations to monitor customer margin and option risk in real-time. They are responsible for reviewing daily reports, managing trading exposure, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
The Custody Manager will oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of client securities assets, including settlement, reconciliation, and corporate actions within the Saudi market. They will serve as the primary liaison with regulatory bodies like Edaa and the Saudi Exchange to ensure full compliance with CMA regulations.
This role involves leading and developing three sub-teams (Platform Engineering & ETL, Analytics Engineering, Data Science & Analytics), owning the Data Lakehouse architecture, and driving key operational deliveries like partner invoicing and embedded analytics. The director will also guide strategic bets such as self-service analytics acceleration and AI/ML enablement.
As a Senior Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain systems that empower millions of users trading significant assets. You will also lead recruitment initiatives and serve as the operational reliability lead during regional business hours.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Trading API (Client-Facing Application)
Alpaca
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Full Time
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7 months ago
Alpaca
As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain systems that empower users trading significant assets. You will work on both frontend and backend systems for Trading API customers, ensuring high-quality end-to-end solutions.
The Motion Designer will create high-quality motion graphics and interaction animations for web and mobile products, ensuring that the motion is lightweight and performant. They will collaborate with product designers and engineering teams to enhance usability and engagement through motion.
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will improve the automated and manual testing infrastructure at Alpaca, enabling developers to deliver new features quickly and reliably. You will also develop a comprehensive testing strategy for the API surface and mentor product engineers to foster a culture of quality.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will develop and maintain shared services, including event streaming infrastructure and authentication systems. You will also take ownership of tasks and contribute to architectural decisions.