Lead technical direction for Alpaca's Trading API product, covering identity, permissions, and customer-facing trading applications.
Drive architecture and delivery across the stack, from backend services in Go to React frontends.
Partner with engineering management, product, design, and platform teams to define boundaries and security standards.

Responsibilities:

Own the architecture and technical roadmap for customer access, authentication, and account models.
Design access models for complex account structures, ensuring permissions are explicit and auditable.
Lead migrations from legacy monolith endpoints to dedicated application backends with clear API contracts.

Qualifications:

8+ years of software engineering experience with backend services and customer-facing applications.
Deep experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, MFA, and permission models, plus Go, TypeScript, and React.
Proven ownership of production systems where defects could expose data or cause financial loss.

Benefits:

Competitive salary and stock options.
Health benefits.
One-time home-office setup and monthly stipend.

Alpaca

Alpaca is a global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, providing APIs for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and more. The company has 400+ employees globally and values curiosity, empathy, and accountability.

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