Senior Business Recruiter at Alpaca

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p>Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our&nbsp;<a href="https://alpaca.markets/blog/alpaca-raises-150-million-at-a-1-15b-valuation-to-build-the-global-standard-for-brokerage-infrastructure/">recent Series D funding round</a> brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.</p> <p>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 9 million brokerage accounts.</p> <p>Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of&nbsp;<strong>opening financial services to everyone on the planet</strong>. 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.</p> <p>Alpaca is proudly backed by top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Our Team Members:</strong></p> <p>We're a dynamic team of 380+ 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><div><strong>Your Role<br></strong><br>As Senior Business Recruiter, you’ll own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact business and operational roles across Alpaca, including brokerage, compliance, finance, go-to-market, strategy, and product functions. You’ll help us scale a global, remote-first organization building brokerage infrastructure and APIs. You’ll partner closely with functional leaders to translate business goals into hiring plans, run a rigorous and candidate-friendly process, and help us attract, assess, and close world-class talent in fintech.<br><br><strong>Things You’ll Do:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Own full-cycle recruiting for senior and hard-to-fill business roles across Alpaca.</li> <li>Build proactive pipelines through outbound sourcing, referrals, networking, and talent mapping — especially for specialized fintech profiles.</li> <li>Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring strategy, drive interview execution, and keep searches moving efficiently.</li> <li>Deliver a high-quality candidate experience with clear communication, fast feedback, and thoughtful closing.</li> <li>Advise stakeholders on market dynamics, compensation, leveling, and hiring competitiveness across global markets.</li> <li>Use recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify gaps, improve conversion rates, and drive hiring decisions.</li> <li>Improve recruiting processes and infrastructure, including interview training, ATS hygiene, structured interviewing, and scalable documentation.</li> <li>Help strengthen Alpaca’s employer brand and how we position opportunities to top talent.</li> </ul> <div><br><strong>Who You Are (Must-Haves):</strong></div> <ul> <li>6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including senior-level hiring in fast-paced tech environments.</li> <li>Demonstrated success hiring for regulated fintech roles (risk, compliance, brokerage ops, tax, finance, legal).</li> <li>Strong sourcing capability: you’ve built pipelines from scratch and consistently delivered qualified slates for specialized roles.</li> <li>Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and coach senior leaders while running efficient hiring processes.</li> <li>Experience building structured and efficient interview processes that improve hiring quality and decision-making.</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior candidates and stakeholders professionally and credibly.</li> <li>Data-literate and comfortable using funnel metrics, ATS reporting, and recruiting analytics to drive decisions.</li> <li>Experience working in remote or distributed teams across multiple time zones.</li> </ul> <div><br><strong>Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):</strong></div> <ul> <li>Experience recruiting in or for broker-dealers, exchanges, clearing/settlement, market data, risk/margin, or trading infrastructure companies.</li> <li>Experience partnering on technical or infrastructure hiring alongside engineering recruiting teams.</li> <li>Familiarity with global hiring dynamics (NA/EMEA/APAC/LATAM), including regional talent markets and compliance considerations.</li> <li>Experience designing or scaling recruiting programs such as interview training, referral programs, employer branding, or process improvement initiatives.</li> <li>Experience with Greenhouse (or similar ATS) and building scalable recruiting workflows and dashboards.</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 &amp; 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>