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Job description
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.
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, totaling 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. 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.
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.
Responsibilities
- Monitor customer activity in near-real-time to manage trading exposure in margin and options.
- Review daily reporting and take appropriate action for exceptions.
- Follow Federal Reserve Regulation T and FINRA Rule 4210 when processing margin calls.
- Perform option expiration processes and risk mitigation.
- Customer Service focus.
- Drive process improvements and efficiencies.
- Review fraud alerts on a day-to-day basis.
- Ad hoc duties and projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Series 7 and 63 required, series 4 preferred or ability to obtain within three months of employment.
- 3+ years of brokerage operations experience.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and reliability with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with FINRA, OCC regulations, and systems.
- Ability to work effectively and supportively within a team environment, and the ability to work independently.
- Must possess the ability to adapt to a changing business and regulatory environment.
- Enjoys challenges and taking ownership of new responsibilities.
Conditions
- 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.
About Alpaca
Alpaca is a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs, providing access to stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income, and crypto, along with embeddable finance solutions like tokenization and securities lending. It serves retail traders, institutional investors, app developers, and fintech companies worldwide through its API-first platform. The company, originally started in 2015 as a database and machine learning firm, is headquartered in San Mateo, California.