Alpaca
Alpaca is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and ship autonomous execution for agents acting on Alpaca accounts, serving external algorithmic traders, partners, and end users. The role involves designing account-level policy and guardrails, partnering with Product, Compliance, and Risk to define control models, and ensuring production reliability for policy services. This hands-on position requires leading architecture, code reviews, and mentorship while working primarily in Go with proficiency in Python or TypeScript.
Headquarters
San Mateo, California, United States
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2017
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.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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7% above the average for this role
Lowenstein Represents Alpaca in $150M Series D Fund Raise for $1.15B Valuation
Jan 14, 2026