Senior Frontend Developer

Alpaca; España; A distancia; EUR 108.000 - 143.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Stock options

New hire home-office setup: USD 500

Monthly stipend: USD 150 via Brex Card

Fully remote work environment

Equal opportunity workplace

Descripción de la vacante

Alpaca, a US-based brokerage infrastructure company, seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer on the Acquisition team to make the website faster, clearer, and more data-driven. You will also build tools to empower teams to publish content across regions.

You will bring strong frontend skills and product thinking to a fast-growing, cross-functional team. This is a hands-on role with ownership and close collaboration with Design, Marketing, Engineering, and regional teams.

Formación

• 5+ years of frontend experience with TypeScript and React.
• Experience shaping a high-traffic, content-heavy site across regions.
• Familiar with CMS platforms, content modeling, and publishing workflows.
• Strong accessibility and technical SEO knowledge.
• Deep knowledge of web performance, caching, and modern frontend architecture.
• Experience using web analytics to improve experiences.
• Experience building reusable components and design system collaboration.
• Clear communication and ability to lead across engineering, design, and business teams.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build a fast, accessible frontend for Alpaca's global website with React and TypeScript.
• Improve rendering, caching, and performance for high-traffic pages.
• Create reusable publishing components for regional/localized experiences.
• Instrument usage data and experiments to improve customer experiences.
• Collaborate with Design, Marketing, Engineering on polished, SEO-friendly experiences.
• Own end-to-end delivery from idea through launch and monitoring.

Conocimientos

TypeScript

React

Web performance

Accessibility

SEO basics

Analytics

Design-system collaboration

Cross-functional leadership

Descripción del empleo

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 dollars 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.

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 deeply committed to open source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, and we continue to invest in developer friendly APIs and high quality user experiences.

Our Team Members

We are a team of 200 plus globally distributed members who love working from our favorite places worldwide. Our team spans the United States, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and more.

We are looking for candidates eager to join Alpaca’s growing organization who are excited about our mission and who share our values of Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable.

About the role

Alpaca’s website is the first place to interact with us for most. As a Senior Frontend Engineer on the Acquisition team, you will help make that experience faster, clearer, and easier to improve with data. You will also build tools that help teams across Alpaca publish content themselves.

You will bring strong frontend skills and product thinking to a fast-growing, cross-functional team. This is a hands-on role with significant ownership and close collaboration across Design, Marketing, Engineering, and regional teams.

Things you’ll do

• Design and build a modern, high-traffic global website using React and TypeScript
• Solve challenging problems in rendering, caching, content delivery, and web performance
• Build reusable publishing capabilities for regional and localized experiences
• Build reliable measurement, explore how customers use the website, and lay the foundation for experimentation
• Work with Design to build polished, accessible, and search-friendly experiences using a shared design system
• Own complex improvements from the initial idea through launch, debugging, and measurement

What we’re looking for

Must haves

• 5+ years of experience building frontend applications with TypeScript and React
• Experience building or evolving a high-traffic, content-heavy website serving multiple regions
• Experience with CMS platforms, content modeling, publishing workflows, or self-service content tools
• Strong knowledge of accessibility and technical SEO
• Deep knowledge of web performance, rendering, caching, content delivery, and modern frontend architecture
• Experience using web analytics to understand and improve customer experiences
• Experience creating reusable components, layouts, and content patterns with Design
• Clear communication and experience leading complex work across Engineering, Design, and business teams

Nice to haves

• Experience with experimentation frameworks and A/B testing
• Experience with Cloudflare, CDNs, edge infrastructure
• Experience owning or contributing to a shared design system
• Experience working in regulated industries such as fintech or financial services

How We Take Care of You

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Fully remote work environment

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