Senior Frontend Engineer - Trading API

Alpaca; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 59,215 - 81,420; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & Stock Options

Health Benefits

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

Monthly Stipend: USD $150

Job summary

Alpaca, a leading self-clearing broker-dealer in the UK, is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to design and implement applications enhancing user experiences. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in frontend development (TypeScript/React) and experience in mobile app development. The position involves collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality interfaces and mentoring peers. The role offers competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, and a supportive work environment focused on teamwork and improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development with TypeScript/React.
• 3+ years of experience in mobile application development for Android and iOS.
• 2+ years of experience using a modern systems programming language like Golang, C++, or Rust.
• Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining frontend applications.
• Delivering high-quality end-to-end solutions across frontend and backend.

Skills

Frontend development with TypeScript/React

Mobile application development for Android and iOS

Modern systems programming language (Golang, C++, Rust)

HTML and CSS frameworks (TailwindCSS)

REST APIs and WebSockets best practices

Relational databases and SQL

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

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. We are 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 top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator. Our team members are 230+ globally distributed and collaborate across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond.

Your Role

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining frontend applications that form the foundation of user experience at Alpaca and empower millions of users who trade billions of dollars worth of assets. As part of a focused and specialized engineering team, you will be responsible for the user experience and product development for Trading API customers, encompassing both the frontend trading dashboards and backend systems that power Trading API product features like elite, high-yield cash, paper accounts, and more. Working closely with our users and internal stakeholders, we specialize in delivering high-quality end-to-end solutions across the full suite of frontend and backend systems at Alpaca. We’re looking for someone who brings deep frontend expertise, enjoys mentoring others, and thrives in a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement. Working collaboratively in a cross-functional team with a keen attention to detail, you’ll build elegant and seamless user experiences with a focus on polish, performance, responsiveness, and accessibility.

Things You Get To Do

• Play a pivotal role in architecting and developing web and mobile applications that push the boundaries of technology
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to create responsive, performant, and intuitive user interfaces that delight our customers
• Own the delivery of high-visibility features/projects, from design to deployment
• Mentor peers and influence the technical strategy of our company

Who You Are (Must-Haves)

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development with TypeScript/React
• 3+ years of experience in mobile application development for Android and iOS
• 2+ years of experience using a modern systems programming language like Golang, C++, or Rust
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to translate product mockups and designs into fully realized user interfaces
• Proficient in HTML and CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS
• Passionate about creating intuitive and performance user interfaces
• Experience with REST APIs and WebSockets best practices
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Track record of setting or influencing frontend best practices
• Attention to detail and an appreciation for design aesthetics

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves)

• Algo trading experience (either professional or personal)
• Experience with major cloud platforms (we primarily use GCP)
• Experience or understanding of financial markets
• Experience working at a startup
• Experience working remotely

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

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