Directly manage and support engineers working in the acquisition area, including performance, coaching, and prioritization
Own the engineering side of acquisition, website
Build and improve the analytics, instrumentation, and observability needed to understand funnel performance and conversion behavior
Collaborate closely with Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Product, and Branding to deliver compliant and effective regional experiences
Design and maintain a headless CMS architecture that supports both global and region-specific content
Build CMS-driven frontend applications using React and TypeScript
Define and evolve content models that account for region-specific product offerings and regulatory requirements
Implement publishing workflows that support review and approval by regional compliance teams
Improve the tooling and workflows that connect Design, content creation, and implementation
Maintain high standards for performance, accessibility, SEO, and visual quality across all regions
Collaborate with backend engineers on API design when custom endpoints are required for web or CMS use cases
Mentor other engineers and influence frontend and web platform best practices across the company What we’re looking for Must haves 5+ years of
Track record of improving team efficiency, delivery workflows, or internal tooling around content and web operations
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 building frontend applications with TypeScript and React •
Experience directly managing engineers or leading teams with clear people management responsibilities •
Experience working with analytics, funnel measurement and acquisition observability with a strong product and business sense, with the ability to guide product and engineering decisions Strong
experience working with headless CMS platforms and content-heavy applications •
Experience supporting multi-region or localized web experiences
Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance, accessibility, and SEO best practices •
Experience working closely with Design teams and design systems Solid
experience consuming and shaping REST APIs for frontend needs
Strong sense of ownership and accountability for systems that others depend on •
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving Engineering, Design, Marketing, and business stakeholders
Ability to make pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions, especially around CMS and web tooling
Experience working in regulated industries such as fintech or financial services •
Experience representing a company at hackathons, conferences, or developer community events •
Experience with Next.js or similar React frameworks
Familiarity with geo-gating or feature flag-based content delivery •
Experience working with globally distributed or remote-first teams •
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
Additional details
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:
This is a Team Lead role for a technically strong engineer who balances hands-on engineering with team management responsibilities.
This person will lead the systems, tooling, and frontend architecture that power marketing funnels, landing pages, and regional web experiences.