VP of Engineering, Institutional Trading

Alpaca (20 days ago)

RemoteFull TimeDirector$217,340 - $286,977 (estimated)Engineering

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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Required Skills

Engineering Leadership
API Development
Institutional Trading
Team Building
Architectural Judgment

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.