Who We Are:
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 recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.
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.
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 top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
Our Team Members:
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!
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.
We're looking for a Senior Graphic Designer who brings both creative vision and serious production muscle. You're as comfortable defining a brand's visual language as you are executing pixel-perfect assets across a dozen different formats. You've thrived in fast-moving, highly technical environments — and you know how to make complex subject matter feel clear, compelling, and human. Experience in fintech or financial services is a strong plus: we operate in a trust-sensitive space where design rigor matters. You care about craft, move fast without cutting corners, and know how to set a bar for quality.
What you'll do
- Own the visual execution of brand work end-to-end — from concept through final production
- Design across a full range of surfaces: web, mobile, social media, email, out-of-home, presentations, and print
- Develop and evolve brand systems, including typography, color, iconography, and layout guidelines
- Write copy that supports your designs — headlines, taglines, social captions, and short-form content that's on-brand and on-message
- Create original illustrations that feel distinctly on-brand
- Partner with marketing, product, and content teams to translate briefs into compelling visual work
- Maintain and scale a design system for consistent, efficient production
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of graphic design experience, with a portfolio that shows strong brand sensibility and production range
- Agency experience. You're used to managing multiple workstreams, adapting to different briefs quickly, and delivering polished work under pressure
- Experience in fintech, financial services, or highly technical industries (developer tools, infrastructure, data, enterprise software). You know how to make dense subject matter approachable without losing credibility
- Mastery of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- A proven ability to work in and support brand systems, not just one-off pieces
- Experience designing for multiple channels simultaneously, with a clear understanding of format, spec, and context for each
- Strong illustration skills, whether hand-drawn, vector, or a hybrid style
- Excellent typographic instincts and attention to compositional detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize ruthlessly, and hit deadlines
- Clear, confident communication — you can articulate your design decisions and take feedback well
Nice to have
- Motion design experience (After Effects, Lottie, or similar)
- Experience in a high-growth startup or in-house brand team
- 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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