VP of Engineering, Institutional Trading
Alpaca
About this role
As VP of Engineering for Institutional Trading at Alpaca, you will lead the engineering strategy to enhance the company’s API-driven trading and brokerage platform for institutional use. Reporting to the CTO, your role involves building and overseeing a dedicated engineering organization, focusing on developing institutional trading capabilities across various asset classes and collaborating with senior leaders to evolve the platform.
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About Alpaca
alpaca.marketsAlpaca 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.
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About Alpaca
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
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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Salary
$217k – $287k
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