Lead Full-Stack Architect for Secure APIs & Identity

Alpaca; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and stock options

Home-office setup + monthly stipend

Job summary

Alpaca, a leading provider of stock/trading APIs, seeks a senior architect to lead technical direction for its Trading API product. You will own the architecture for identity, permissions, and customer-facing trading applications, spanning Go backends and React frontends.

Responsibilities include designing access models, defining architectural roadmaps, and migrating legacy endpoints to modern backends with clear API contracts. The role demands strong security focus and production ownership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with backend services and customer-facing applications.
• Deep experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, MFA, and permission models.
• Proven ownership of production systems where defects could expose data or cause financial loss.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for Alpaca's Trading API product, covering identity, permissions, and customer-facing trading applications.
• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for customer access, authentication, and account models.
• Design access models for complex account structures, ensuring permissions are explicit and auditable.
• Lead migrations from legacy monolith endpoints to dedicated application backends with clear API contracts.

Job description

Alpaca, a leading provider of stock/trading APIs, seeks a senior architect to lead technical direction for its Trading API product. You will own the architecture for identity, permissions, and customer-facing trading applications, spanning Go backends and React frontends.

Responsibilities include designing access models, defining architectural roadmaps, and migrating legacy endpoints to modern backends with clear API contracts. The role demands strong security focus and production ownership.