法律顾问
Legal Counsel
我们是谁：
Alpaca 是一家总部位于美国的全球领先代理优先经纪基础设施公司，提供股票、ETF、期权、加密货币、固定收益、24/5交易等服务。
在我们的子公司中，Alpaca 是一家获得许可的金融服务公司，通过我们机构级 API 为全球 40 个国家的数百家金融机构提供服务。这包括经纪自营商、投资顾问、财富管理公司、对冲基金和加密货币交易所，总计超过 1000 万笔经纪账户。
我们的全球团队由经验丰富的工程师、交易员和经纪专业人士组成，致力于实现我们让地球上每个人都能享受金融服务的使命。我们高度重视开源贡献，并积极培育活跃的社区，持续提升我们获奖的、开发者友好的 API 及其背后的强大基础设施。
Alpaca 获得了来自顶级全球投资者的 4 亿美元融资，包括 Portage Ventures、Spark Capital、Tribe Capital、Social Leverage、Horizons Ventures、Opera Tech Ventures、SBI Group、Derayah Financial、Unbound、Peak XV、Elefund 和 Y Combinator。
我们的团队成员：
我们是一个由 400 多名分布在世界各地的成员组成的充满活力的团队，大家在自己喜欢的地方工作，团队成员遍布美国、加拿大、日本、匈牙利、尼日利亚、巴西、英国等地！
我们正在寻找渴望为 Alpaca 快速发展做出贡献的热情人士。如果你认同我们的核心价值观——保持好奇、富有同理心、勇于负责，并准备好产生重大影响，我们鼓励你申请。
你的角色：
作为法律顾问，你将帮助 Alpaca 在设计和推出创新金融产品和服务时应对复杂的监管框架。你将提供实用、面向业务的法律建议，涵盖美国经纪自营商监管、数字资产、支付及其他不断发展的金融服务领域。
你将与产品、经纪、加密货币、合规、反洗钱、销售和客户成功等多个团队紧密合作，支持从产品和监管审查到协议、政策、监管互动和纠纷解决的各项事务。这是一个高度跨职能的角色，有机会帮助塑造 Alpaca 在快速变化的监管环境中的扩展方式。
职位职责
- 在复杂的监管框架中导航，帮助业务设计和实施创新的金融产品和服务。
- 主导产品的法律审查
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Who We Are:
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.
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.
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.
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.
Our Team Members:
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!
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.
Your Role:
As Legal Counsel, you’ll help Alpaca navigate complex regulatory frameworks as we design and launch innovative financial products and services. You’ll provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance across U.S. broker-dealer regulation, digital assets, payments, and other evolving areas of financial services.
You’ll partner closely with teams across Product, Brokerage, Crypto, Compliance, AML, Sales, and Success, supporting everything from product and regulatory reviews to agreements, policies, regulatory engagement, and disputes. This is a highly cross-functional role with the opportunity to help shape how Alpaca scales in a fast-moving regulatory environment.
Job Responsibilities
- Navigate complex regulatory frameworks to help the business design and implement innovative financial products and services.
- Lead legal reviews of product design, marketing, and customer onboarding processes to ensure compliance with applicable regulations while enabling business growth.
- Support other areas of the business, such as digital assets, payments, and data privacy, as needed.
- Advise on the application of new or anticipated legal requirements and regulatory guidance to the firm’s systems, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor regulatory developments at relevant governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations, including the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC.
- Support the company’s engagement with regulators, including the SEC, FINRA, and other agencies.
- Draft agreements, disclosures, policies, and procedures.
- Conduct legal research and analysis on novel questions and provide clear, practical guidance to internal stakeholders.
- Manage litigation, arbitration, and other disputes, including developing case strategy, coordinating with outside counsel, responding to claims and discovery, and advising the business on risk and resolution options.
- Partner cross-functionally with teams outside of Legal, including the firm’s Product, Brokerage, Crypto, Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Sales, and Success functions.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 5-7+ years of legal experience, with at least 3 years focused on U.S. broker-dealer regulation, including the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regulations and rules thereunder, FINRA rules, and other federal and state securities laws.
- Familiarity with U.S. cryptoasset regulatory regimes, including the SEC, CFTC, NYDFS, FinCEN, and AML requirements.
- Strong experience advising fintechs or financial institutions, ideally in a startup or growth-stage environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver strategic, business-oriented legal advice under tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a practical, collaborative working style.
- Strong judgment, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a growth mindset in a fast-scaling company.
How We Take Care of You:
- 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
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
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