Alpaca

Product Manager – Trading API

Alpaca

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🏈 Anywhere in North America

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

SQL

About the role

  • Ideate and deliver Alpaca’s direct channel features while closely collaborating with engineering, design, data, marketing, operations, and other cross-functional teams
  • Help drive direct channel product strategy by deeply understanding customer needs and behaviours, analyzing ROI, assessing market competition, and evaluating build-vs-buy opportunities
  • Define and own product requirements, partnering with engineering, design, operations, data, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products on time
  • Conduct user research and customer interviews to uncover customer pain points, validate solutions, and inform product decisions
  • Own product metrics by leveraging data analytics to measure success, identify opportunities, and drive continuous improvement
  • Shape and maintain the product roadmap, aligning short-term execution with long-term strategy
  • Guide go-to-market strategy and execution, partnering with marketing, sales, and operations to drive product adoption, activation, retention, and revenue growth
  • Conduct deep-dive analyses of the user funnel, identify friction points, optimize conversion rates, and uncover opportunities to drive product growth
  • Take ownership of ad hoc projects and initiatives as business needs evolve

Requirements

  • Excited about what Alpaca is building
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, STEM, or a related field
  • 4+ years of experience in Product Management, Engineering, Trading, or building a product of your own
  • Deep passion for trading, markets, and financial products
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in SQL
  • Sharp business acumen, with the ability to balance user experience, stakeholder needs, technical feasibility, and resource constraints
  • Strategic thinker who can zoom in on solving immediate problems while keeping long-term company goals in mind
  • Highly self-driven, with exceptional communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience building or scaling trading platforms or brokerage products (nice-to-have)
  • Hands-on experience with algorithmic trading (nice-to-have)
  • Technical background with experience working with APIs (nice-to-have)
Benefits
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
SQLproduct managementdata analyticsuser researchcustomer interviewsproduct strategyalgorithmic tradingAPIstrading platformsbrokerage products
Soft skills
analytical skillsbusiness acumenstrategic thinkingself-drivencommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer-centricadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree