Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment
Mentor peers and influence the technical strategy of our company Who You Are (Must-Haves): 5+ years of
Track record of setting or influencing frontend best practices
Requirements
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.
experience at Alpaca and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets.
Working closely with our users and internal stakeholders, we specialize in delivering high-quality end-to-end solutions across the full suite of frontend and backend systems at Alpaca.
experience in frontend development with TypeScript/React 3+ years of
experience in mobile application development for Android and iOS 2+ years of
experience using a modern systems programming language like Golang, C++, or Rust
Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS
Experience with REST APIs and WebSockets best practices •
Experience with relational databases and SQL
Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP) •
Experience or understanding of financial markets •
Experience working at a startup •
Experience working remotely How We Take Care of You:
Benefits
Our recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.
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 a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.
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 .
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 part of a focused and specialized engineering team, you will be responsible for the user
experience and product development for Trading API customers, encompassing both the frontend trading dashboards and backend systems that power Trading API product features like elite, high-yield cash, paper accounts, and more.