About the company
Who We Are: Alpaca is a US California headquartered brokerage infrastructure technology company and self-clearing broker-dealer, delivering execution and custody solutions for Stocks, ETFs, Options, Cryptocurrencies, and more, and has raised over $170 million in funding. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company in multiple countries, and we serve hundreds of financial institutions globally such as broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges as well as millions of individual customers all over the world. Alpaca’s globally distributed team members bring in diverse experiences such as engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals to achieve our Mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We are also deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community. We will continue to enhance and improve our award-winning developer-friendly API and the brokerage infrastructure behind it.
Job Summary
What You’ll Do
📍Technical Strategy & Architecture 📍Act as a long-term technical steward for Alpaca’s frontend architecture (2–5 year horizon). 📍Design and evolve scalable frontend patterns for data fetching, state management, performance, and runtime configuration. 📍Drive large-scale initiatives such as: 📍Design system evolution and adoption 📍Frontend platform standardization 📍Performance, reliability, and developer-experience improvements 📍Identify and reduce systemic frontend technical debt with measurable business impact.
Who You Are (Must-Haves)
📍Extensive experience building and scaling modern frontend applications (React + TypeScript or similar). 📍Proven track record operating at Staff or equivalent level, with impact across multiple teams or domains. 📍Strong understanding of frontend architecture at scale, including: 📍Data-fetching patterns 📍Performance optimization 📍Design systems 📍Runtime configuration 📍Observability and reliability
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