Head of Engineering
LiveFlowFull Time
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
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.
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.
API-first brokerage for stock trading
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.