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Who We Are:
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 C funding round brought our total investment to over $170 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, totalling over 6 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.
Our Team Members:
We're a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!
We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core valuesâStay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountableâand are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
As the Founding Director of Engineering for Canada, you will demonstrate visionary leadership by shaping the overall direction of multiple divisions and establishing Alpaca's engineering presence in the Canadian market from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to build a world-class engineering organization, architect critical financial infrastructure, and shape the technical strategy for one of North America's largest and most sophisticated financial markets.
You will serve as the strategic technical leader for Canada operations, balancing high-level strategic planning with the operational oversight necessary for execution. This role requires exceptional technical depth combined with strategic vision, capable of guiding transformational technical initiatives that span multiple divisions. You will serve as a key liaison between teams and executive leadership, facilitating communication and alignment while influencing the function's strategic direction and culture.
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