Alpaca · 22 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelAlpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for various financial services. They are seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to drive insights and innovation from their rich data ecosystem, focusing on predictive analytics and the development of agentic AI applications.
Developer APIsFinancial ServicesFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Lead Advanced Analysis: Design and execute deep predictive and descriptive analyses across our core business domains, including finance, marketing, and product metrics, to identify key trends, optimization opportunities, and strategic insights
Develop Agentic AI: Spearhead the research, proof-of-concept (PoC), and full-lifecycle development of data-intensive applications, with a specific focus on building and deploying agentic AI systems
Drive Model Lifecycle: Own the end-to-end development of data science solutions, from initial research and data handling (high-volume transactions, metrics) through to deployment, optimization, and maintenance
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders in sales, marketing, product, and operations to understand complex business needs and translate them into actionable, data-driven solutions
Evolve Capabilities: Contribute to the evolution of Alpaca's data science capabilities by championing best practices in statistical modelling, MLOps, and advanced AI
Qualification
Required
Proven experience as a Senior Data Scientist with direct, hands-on experience in the brokerage, trading, or financial services industry
Expert-level proficiency in Python (including common data science libraries like pandas, scikit-learn, etc.) and advanced SQL
Deep understanding of statistical methods for supervised and unsupervised learning, with a strong portfolio of building and deploying models in a production environment
Hands-on experience with cloud-native data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift; we use Trino & Iceberg) and familiarity with modern ETL processes
Ability to lead projects through the entire lifecycle (research, development, deployment, maintenance) and a strong understanding of handling high-volume data
Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, translating complex findings for non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Direct experience building applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) or agentic AI frameworks (we use Google Agent Engine)
Familiarity with data modelling and semantic layers (e.g., dbt Semantic Layer, Cube.js, LookML)
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.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Alpaca has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$328.8MKey Investors
Drive Capital850 Management,Derayah Financial,National Investments CompanySBI Group
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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