The vacancy is well-structured with clear responsibilities and compensation, but lacks detailed tech stack information.
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
- Support daily brokerage operations including trade monitoring, settlement, and operational workflows
- Assist in performing reconciliations between internal systems and external partners
- Investigate and help resolve operational discrepancies or trade exceptions
- Support account operations including onboarding checks, funding workflows, and operational requests
- Assist with corporate actions, dividends, and other lifecycle events affecting customer accounts
- Work with internal teams to escalate and resolve operational issues impacting customers
- Help document operational procedures and contribute to improving operational processes
- Support operational readiness for new product launches and platform updates
Requirements
- 0–2 years of experience in financial services, brokerage operations, fintech, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Commerce, or a related discipline
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work with operational data accurately
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks
- Interest in financial markets and brokerage operations
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.