Director of Engineering - Founding Engineer India

Alpaca (20 days ago)

RemoteFull TimeDirector$180,743 - $240,744 (estimated)Engineering

About this role

As the Founding Director of Engineering for India, you will lead the establishment of Alpaca's engineering presence in the Indian market, building a world-class engineering organization and architecting critical financial infrastructure. This role requires a visionary leader capable of balancing strategic technical direction with operational oversight, while advocating for both team and user needs to ensure successful execution of large-scale initiatives.

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Required Skills

Leadership
Strategic Planning
Engineering Culture
Team Building
Technical Architecture

About Alpaca

alpaca.markets

Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage platform that provides APIs and tools to build, automate, and embed investing and algorithmic trading for stocks, options, and crypto. It offers REST and streaming market data, trade execution, paper trading, and broker services (including omnibus/sub-accounting features) for managing client accounts. Developers and businesses use Alpaca’s clean APIs, SDKs, and webhooks to integrate trading into apps, run automated strategies, and manage portfolios programmatically. The platform focuses on programmability, low-latency execution, and infrastructure for both retail and institutional use.