Alpaca

Senior Product Manager, API

Alpaca

full-time

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Location: 🌎 Anywhere in the World

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

GRPC

About the role

  • Own the roadmap and development of Alpaca’s core Broker, Trading and Market Data APIs
  • Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Alpaca’s core APIs, including standards for authentication/authorization, error handling, rate limiting, versioning, and deprecation strategy
  • Serve as the primary owner and reviewer for all API changes, ensuring adherence to standards for quality, consistency, and performance
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, security, marketing, and business teams to define, build, and launch new API products and features
  • Lead technical discussions on concepts like idempotency and overall API architecture
  • Author detailed product requirement documents (PRDs), user stories, and API specifications (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI)
  • Work with marketing and developer relations on go-to-market strategies; own and review changelogs and documentation
  • Define and analyze key metrics and SLOs to measure success and inform the product roadmap
  • Act as the primary product evangelist for Alpaca’s APIs, both internally and externally

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of product management experience, with a significant focus on API products and developer platforms
  • Proven ability to understand complex technical concepts and work effectively with engineering teams on architecture and design
  • Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles
  • Experience writing clear, comprehensive API documentation and working with OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specifications
  • Understanding of different API usage patterns and asynchronous flows
  • Strong understanding of authentication/authorization (OAuth, API keys, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders
  • Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics tools to track product performance and make informed decisions
  • A genuine passion for financial markets and a strong desire to build products that empower developers and democratize access to financial services
  • Experience working in an agile development environment
  • Nice-to-haves: background in engineering
  • Nice-to-haves: direct experience working in the fintech or brokerage industry
  • Nice-to-haves: experience with trading APIs for various asset classes (stocks, options, crypto)
  • Nice-to-haves: familiarity with gRPC, WebSockets, and other API protocols
  • Nice-to-haves: experience contributing to or managing open-source projects
  • Nice-to-haves: experience working in a globally distributed, remote-first company
  • Nice-to-haves: knowledge of institutional trading workflows and requirements