[Remote] Director of Platform & Infrastructure at Alpaca

Morowali, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Financial Services, Brokerage, Fintech, BiotechnologyIndustries

Requirements

The ideal candidate must have 5 years of experience in a similar leadership role in engineering. Strong ability to work independently, lead large tasks, and collaborate with others is required. Production experience with Kubernetes, Postgres, event brokers, and major cloud provider platform services is essential. A proven track record of building and scaling infrastructure in cloud-native, high-growth environments, preferably in fintech, is also necessary.

Responsibilities

The Director of Platform & Infrastructure will lead the design, development, technical operations, and scaling of core infrastructure and developer platforms, ensuring security, resilience, and high availability. This role involves monitoring and optimizing cloud spend, managing vendor relationships, and scaling common infrastructure elements. The director will lead engineering teams responsible for cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, and technical operations, overseeing availability, capacity planning, and disaster recovery. They will collaborate with security and compliance teams, establish and monitor KPIs/SLAs, provide thought leadership on infrastructure strategy, and improve developer experience through better tooling and internal platforms.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering

System Design

Technical Operations

Scalability

Security

Resilience

High Availability

Cloud Computing

API Development

Open-Source Contributions

Alpaca

API-first brokerage for stock trading

About Alpaca

Alpaca Securities LLC operates in the stock brokerage industry by providing an API-first brokerage service that allows other businesses to create their own trading applications. This service enables companies to integrate stock trading functionality into their platforms without the need to become brokers themselves, saving them time and resources. Alpaca's API supports seamless trading experiences for users and includes features like Local Currency Trading, which allows international investors to trade US stocks in their local currency. Additionally, Alpaca offers crypto wallets and coin pair trading, expanding the financial services available to its clients. Unlike traditional brokers, Alpaca focuses on a business-to-business model, catering primarily to other companies that want to offer trading services to their customers. The goal of Alpaca is to simplify the trading process for businesses and their users while providing a secure and efficient platform for executing trades.

San Mateo, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2015Year Founded

$84.5MTotal Funding

CONVERTIBLECompany Stage

Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries

201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive salary & stock options

Medical, dental, & vision

Home office setup stipend

Monthly Brex Card stipend

Risks

Increased competition from fintech platforms like GUGU offering commission-free trading.

Potential regulatory challenges in international markets may complicate Alpaca's expansion.

Self-clearing transition introduces operational risks in managing settlement processes.

Differentiation

Alpaca offers API-first brokerage services, enabling businesses to build trading applications.

Alpaca supports local currency trading, simplifying US stock trading for international investors.

Alpaca provides crypto wallets and coin pair trading, expanding financial services for clients.

Upsides

Alpaca's self-clearing transition enhances asset transfers and securities lending opportunities.

Partnership with Derayah Financial accelerates Middle Eastern business expansion for Alpaca.

Alpaca's limit orders and extended hours trading for fractional shares lead retail trading.

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