alpaca
Director, Digital Asset & Brokerage Operations
At a Glance
- Location
- North America
- Work Regime
- remote
- Posted
- 2026-06-09T12:49:36-04:00
Requirements
Experienced running middle/back office trade operations for a brokerage or crypto exchange
Built and managed a globally distributed customer service focused team providing world-class 24/5 service coverage
Experience trading crypto professionally
Experience in US crypto regulations
Quant research or have previously run a trading desk
Entrepreneurial experience as co-founder / founding team of a startup
Compensation & Benefits
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
Responsibilities
This role is position is for an experienced trading operations manager with automated trading and middle and back office experience.
leading our US spot exchange operations (Alpaca Crypto LLC)
leading our Bahamas spot and derivatives exchange operations (AlpacaX Crypto Limited)
building and maintaining our internal trading desk
You will build and manage a globally distributed team of trade ops associates providing 24/5 service coverage.
Team
Directly engage with our customers, providing a world-class service
Review, identify and resolve trade differences
Process trade corrections and cancellations
Inventory account reconciliation
Provide input into new procedures and processes as well as revisions to existing operations procedures and processes
Manage our trading desk (internal market maker) and work with engineering to build and monitor trading systems performing automated hedging strategies
About the Company
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our
recent Series D funding round
brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.
Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 9 million brokerage accounts.
Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of
opening financial services to everyone on the planet