VP of Engineering, Institutional Trading
Alpacaa day ago
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OnsiteFull-timeExecutive
Summary
Alpaca is seeking a VP of Engineering, Institutional Trading to lead their engineering strategy for expanding their API-driven trading and brokerage platform in New York, NY.
About the Role
As the VP of Engineering, Institutional Trading, you will define and own the engineering roadmap for Alpaca's institutional trading platform, build and scale a high-performing engineering team, and partner with senior leaders to align engineering priorities with institutional brokerage strategy. You will lead the evolution toward a multi-asset trading architecture and provide technical leadership in trading and brokerage technology.
About You
Required:
- A VP-level (or above) engineering leader with experience owning critical, market-facing platforms.
- Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams focused on complex, high-impact systems.
- Deep understanding of institutional trading and brokerage technology, including execution systems, risk and margin platforms, and trading analytics.
- Experience designing or operating systems that support cross-asset risk and margining across multiple asset classes.
- Strong architectural judgment and the ability to balance speed, reliability, and control in regulated environments.
- Deep knowledge of OS fundamentals and distributed systems.
Preferred:
- Experience with algorithmic trading systems across multiple asset classes.
- Exposure to portfolio margin or cross-margining methodologies.
- Background supporting hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or other institutional clients.
- Experience contributing to architecture standards or externally visible technical initiatives.
- Prior experience scaling trading platforms during periods of rapid growth.
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
Alpaca
Alpaca is a developer-first API brokerage platform that supports hundreds of businesses globally. Alpaca offers stock, options, ETF and crypto trading, real-time market data, and end-to-end brokerage infrastructure through modern APIs. Alpaca has raised over $120m in funding and is backed by top investors in the industry globally, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Eldridge, Positive Sum, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
New York, NY