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alpaca

22 days ago

Director of Engineering, Trading

Remote · Remote - North America

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You will lead the engineering team to enhance Alpaca's institutional trading platform. This role involves strategic planning and execution to support complex trading strategies across multiple asset classes.

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Job description

You will lead the engineering team to enhance Alpaca's institutional trading platform. This role involves strategic planning and execution to support complex trading strategies across multiple asset classes.

Details

  • Remote - North America
  • Competitive Salary & Stock Options
  • Director-level experience required

The work

  • Define and execute the engineering roadmap for the institutional trading platform
  • Build and lead a high-performing engineering team
  • Drive architectural decisions across trading APIs and risk systems
  • Work cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Finance