Director, Platform and Infrastructure

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September 5

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Alpaca

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API • Fintech • Crypto

Alpaca is a fintech company that provides a comprehensive brokerage and trading platform through a suite of APIs. These APIs enable developers and businesses to integrate algorithmic trading, app development, and embedded investing into their services. Alpaca offers services like trading in US stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrency with options for local currency transactions. The company is recognized for its cyber security practices and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. Alpaca is ideal for fintech startups, broker-dealers, hedge funds, and other financial services looking to build sophisticated trading applications and platforms with minimal friction through their well-documented Broker API.

201 - 500 employees

🔌 API

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

📋 Description

• Escalation point on the Engineering side for high-severity incidents • Monitor and optimize cloud spend and infrastructure costs, and manage vendor relationships • Continuously scale and improve common infrastructure elements and platform services • Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams responsible for cloud infrastructure, DevOps, site reliability and technical operations • Oversee availability, capacity planning, and disaster recovery to ensure systems are resilient and fault-tolerant • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements across infrastructure and operations • Establish and monitor KPIs/SLAs for platform reliability, security, and performance • Provide thought leadership on infrastructure strategy while being willing to dive deep into technical challenges when needed • Improve developer experience through better tooling, workflows, and internal platforms that accelerate productivity and reduce friction • Collaborate closely with product engineering teams, security, broker-dealer operations, and report directly to the CTO

🎯 Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a similar leadership role in engineering • Strong ability to work independently, lead and deliver on large tasks, and collaborate with other members of the organization or external partners • Production experience with Kubernetes, Postgres, event brokers and any of the major cloud providers’ platform services • Proven track record of building and scaling infrastructure in cloud-native, high-growth environments (preferably in fintech, brokerage, or other regulated industries) • Strong background in system design, observability, and incident response at scale • Experience with event-driven architecture, security best practices, compliance frameworks, and regulatory environments relevant to financial services • Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills • Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on technical problem solving

🏖️ Benefits

• 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