Alpaca Logo

Alpaca

Trading Operations Associate - America

Posted 5 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
Mid level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
Mid level
Manage trading operations, including customer activity surveillance, trade execution monitoring, exception handling, cryptocurrency inventory, cash management, and account reconciliation. Support anti-money laundering investigations, analyze data, improve workflows and tools, and coordinate with internal and external partners. The role requires strong attention to detail, adaptability, independent judgment, effective communication, and weekend availability.
The summary above was generated by AI

Who We Are:

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.
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 10 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. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.
Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
Our Team Members:

We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!
We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role:

The trading operations team focuses on risk management and mitigation, US domestic and international client/correspondent relations, and trading execution and review.

The trading operations team is 100% distributed and remote.  This role will be reporting directly to Cody Campo, Director of Crypto Operations.

Things You Get To Do:
  • Daily surveillance of all customer activity
  • Daily operational tasks including trading and cash management functions
  • Cryptocurrency trade execution monitoring and exception management
  • Cryptocurrency inventory account management
  • Data analysis
  • Review of general ledger accounts, identify and reconcile account discrepancies
  • Support the Anti-Money Laundering Program and investigations that result from suspected suspicious activity 
  • Proactively drive impactful changes across workflows, policies and tools
  • Engage with multiple teams to create a better product and improved user environment
  • Clearly communicate with internal and external partners in an effective, tactical, and insightful manner
  • Communicate complex topics into easily understood and meaningful content
  • Ad hoc duties and projects as assigned
  • Willing to work weekends
Who You Are (Must-Haves):
  • + 3 years of relevant experience in a broker dealer, financial services, or crypto currency operations role; back office experience is a plus
  • Strong desire to learn both professional and technical skills
  • Work effectively and supportively within a team environment
  • The ability to work independently as needed. 
  • Strong attention to detail, and problem-solving skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Must possess the ability to adapt to a changing business and regulatory environment
  • Enjoys challenges and taking ownership of new responsibilities
  • Proficient with Google office products and Microsoft Excel. 
 Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):  
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Familiarity with crypto currency including wallet and trading knowledge
  • Familiarity with SQL and Python programming languages
How We Take Care of You:
  • 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

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

Recruitment Privacy Policy

Similar Jobs

An Hour Ago
Remote or Hybrid
129K-233K Annually
Mid level
129K-233K Annually
Mid level
eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Own and grow a North Seattle sales territory through in-person outreach, business visits, community engagement, partnerships, demos, and full-cycle deal closing. Generate pipeline, sell Square’s software and hardware solutions to restaurants, retailers, and service businesses, build customer relationships, support onboarding, maintain Salesforce activity and forecasts, and consistently exceed sales quotas.
Top Skills: Payment ProcessingSalesforce
An Hour Ago
Remote or Hybrid
2 Locations
97K-134K Annually
Senior level
97K-134K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
Lead category management and shopper insights for drug channel retailers (CVS, Walgreens). Convert retail and shopper data into actionable category, promotional, and merchandising recommendations, build recurring and ad-hoc analyses and customer-facing presentations, support digital commerce analysis, and drive planogram/shelving strategy to grow category profitability.
Top Skills: 1010ApolloCircanaExcelJdaNielsenPogPosPowerPointSpaceman
An Hour Ago
Remote or Hybrid
4 Locations
109K-150K Annually
Senior level
109K-150K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
Use syndicated and customer data (Technomic, Circana, Nielsen, Data Essential) to generate actionable shopper and channel insights for Amazon and Away From Home. Build customer-facing and internal presentations, support category strategy, competitive analysis, dashboards, and bespoke data requests. Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and category teams to drive digital and retail growth, POG development, and influence customer planning.
Top Skills: CircanaData EssentialExcelJda/PogNielsenPowerPointTechnomic

What you need to know about the Charlotte Tech Scene

Ranked among the hottest tech cities in 2024 by CompTIA, Charlotte is quickly cementing its place as a major U.S. tech hub. Home to more than 90,000 tech workers, the city’s ecosystem is primed for continued growth, fueled by billions in annual funding from heavyweights like Microsoft and RevTech Labs, which has created thousands of fintech jobs and made the city a go-to for tech pros looking for their next big opportunity.

Key Facts About Charlotte Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 90,859; 6.5% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Lowe’s, Bank of America, TIAA, Microsoft, Honeywell
  • Key Industries: Fintech, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, e-commerce
  • Funding Landscape: $3.1 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (CED)
  • Notable Investors: Microsoft, Google, Falfurrias Management Partners, RevTech Labs Foundation
  • Research Centers and Universities: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Northeastern University, North Carolina Research Campus

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account