Staff Engineer / Team Lead

Summary

Join Alpaca, a leading self-clearing broker-dealer, as a Staff Engineer to lead our Advisory Suite team. You will guide the architecture and execution of features such as rebalancing engines, trade optimization, tax-aware strategies, and fixed income support. This critical leadership role demands technical expertise and team coordination. You will own end-to-end architecture, lead development of complex financial systems, drive technical planning, mentor engineers, and set code quality standards. Collaborate with leadership on roadmap priorities and help steer product evolution. Alpaca offers competitive salary & stock options, health benefits, a new hire home-office setup, and a monthly stipend.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, with 2+ years in a lead or staff role
• Deep expertise in financial domains (portfolio construction, trading, tax, or fixed income preferred)
• Proven ability to design and scale complex distributed systems, preferably in Golang
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional projects

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for the advisory suite, ensuring scalability, modularity, and correctness
• Lead design and development of complex financial systems, including
• Intelligent portfolio rebalancers
• Trade aggregators with execution-aware strategies (VWAP, TWAP)
• Tax-aware investment strategies using lot-level accounting
• Fixed income support with yield calculations, bond ladders, etc
• Drive technical planning, sprint scoping, and cross-functional alignment with product and quant teams
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, foster engineering best practices
• Set and uphold standards for code quality, observability, and performance
• Collaborate with leadership on roadmap priorities, and help steer product evolution (e.g., direct indexing, advisory fee modelling)

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to financial regulations, tax constraints, or fee structures is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card