Staff Engineer / Team Lead – Advisory Suite

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August 7

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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

• 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)

🎯 Requirements

• 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

🏖️ 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