Alpaca · 5 months ago
Staff Engineer / Team Lead – Advisory Suite
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAlpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure provider, seeking a Staff Engineer to lead their Advisory Suite team. This role involves guiding the architecture and execution of complex financial systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with product and quant teams to drive technical planning and product evolution.
Developer APIsFinancial ServicesFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
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)
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Company
Alpaca
Alpaca is a financial system platform that allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$328.8MKey Investors
Drive CapitalSBI GroupPortage Ventures
2026-01-14Series D· $150M
2026-01-14Debt Financing· $40M
2025-04-23Series C· $52M
Leadership Team
Yoshi Yokokawa
Co-Founder and CEO
Hitoshi Harada
CPO and Co-Founder
Recent News
Morningstar.com
2026-01-07
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