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Alpaca
Actively Hiring
API-first Stock & Crypto Platform
  • Growing fast
    Showed strong hiring growth in the past month

Securities Finance Trader

Posted: 2 weeks ago• Recruiter recently active
Hires remotely in
Visa Sponsorship

Not Available

RelocationNot Allowed
Hiring contact
Ben Papernick
Employee
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About the job

Your Role:

  • Identify and execute borrow and loan opportunities across various asset classes (equities, fixed income, ETFs) using both manual and automated trading strategies.
  • Leverage Python and SQL to streamline daily tasks, develop analytical tools, and automate data-driven decisions.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize data pipelines, trading systems, operational efficiency and risk controls.
  • Monitor outstanding loans, recalls, and rates to optimize risk and profitability.
  • Build relationships with borrowers, lenders, custodians, and firm client partners.
  • Develop and perform operational tasks, product improvements, and automation tools for optimizing costs, revenue and workflow.
  • Assess and manage counterparty, credit, and market risk while staying informed of market developments and regulatory changes.
  • Work with existing and new securities lending vendors on product development solutions.
  • Contribute to creating automated workflow solutions for securities lending trading and operations.

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative field.
  • 1-5 years of experience in a technical or trading role, ideally with some exposure to securities lending, short selling or related experience.
  • Proficient in Python and SQL.
  • Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Familiarity with core financial instruments (equities, fixed income, ETFs) and general market mechanics.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across teams.
  • High initiative and eagerness to learn about securities lending, product development, and advanced trading concepts.

  • Assess and manage counterparty, credit, and market risk while staying informed of market developments and regulatory changes.

  • Work with existing and new securities lending vendors on product development solutions.

  • Contribute to creating automated workflow solutions for securities lending trading and operations.
    Who You Are (Must-Haves):

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative field.

  • 0–2 years of experience in a technical or trading role, ideally with some exposure to securities lending, short selling or related experience.

  • Proficient in Python and SQL.

  • Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Familiarity with core financial instruments (equities, fixed income, ETFs) and general market mechanics.

  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across teams.

  • High initiative and eagerness to learn about securities lending, product development, and advanced trading concepts.

About the company

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Alpaca

Actively Hiring
API-first Stock & Crypto Platform201-500 Employees
  • Growing fast
    Showed strong hiring growth in the past month
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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$71.8M
FUNDED OVER
6 rounds
Rounds
B
$50000000
Series B - Jun 2021+5

Perks

Healthcare benefits
Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision.  In Canada, this includes supplemental healthcare.  Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs.  
Equity benefits
Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Remote friendly
Remote-first
Miscellaneous
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500 Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Founders

Hitoshi Harada
CTO • 12 years
San Mateo
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Yoshi Yokokawa
CEO • 12 years
Silicon Valley
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