Alpaca provides API-based brokerage infrastructure that lets fintechs and financial institutions embed trading in stocks, ETFs, options and fixed-income products for customers worldwide.
<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p><strong>Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure </strong>for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><strong>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.</strong><br><br><strong>Our Team Members:</strong></p> <p>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!<br><br>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.</p></div><p>We're looking for a Senior Graphic Designer who brings both creative vision and serious production muscle. You're as comfortable defining a brand's visual language as you are executing pixel-perfect assets across a dozen different formats. You've thrived in fast-moving, highly technical environments — and you know how to make complex subject matter feel clear, compelling, and human. Experience in fintech or financial services is a strong plus: we operate in a trust-sensitive space where design rigor matters. You care about craft, move fast without cutting corners, and know how to set a bar for quality.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the visual execution of brand work end-to-end — from concept through final production</li> <li>Design across a full range of surfaces: web, mobile, social media, email, out-of-home, presentations, and print</li> <li>Develop and evolve brand systems, including typography, color, iconography, and layout guidelines</li> <li>Write copy that supports your designs — headlines, taglines, social captions, and short-form content that's on-brand and on-message</li> <li>Create original illustrations that feel distinctly on-brand</li> <li>Partner with marketing, product, and content teams to translate briefs into compelling visual work</li> <li>Maintain and scale a design system for consistent, efficient production</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we're looking for</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of graphic design experience, with a portfolio that shows strong brand sensibility and production range</li> <li>Agency experience. You're used to managing multiple workstreams, adapting to different briefs quickly, and delivering polished work under pressure</li> <li>Experience in fintech, financial services, or highly technical industries (developer tools, infrastructure, data, enterprise software). You know how to make dense subject matter approachable without losing credibility</li> <li>Mastery of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)</li> <li>A proven ability to work in and support brand systems, not just one-off pieces</li> <li>Experience designing for multiple channels simultaneously, with a clear understanding of format, spec, and context for each</li> <li>Strong illustration skills, whether hand-drawn, vector, or a hybrid style</li> <li>Excellent typographic instincts and attention to compositional detail</li> <li>Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize ruthlessly, and hit deadlines</li> <li>Clear, confident communication — you can articulate your design decisions and take feedback well</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice to have</strong></p> <ul> <li>Motion design experience (After Effects, Lottie, or similar)</li> <li>Experience in a high-growth startup or in-house brand team</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong>How We Take Care of You:</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive Salary & Stock Options</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Health Benefits</li> <li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card</span></li> </ul> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.<br></span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><a href="https://files.alpaca.markets/disclosures/AlpacaRecruitmentPrivacyPolicy.pdf"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recruitment Privacy Policy</span></em></a></span></p></div>