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Alpaca

Director of Data Platform

Who can apply: US-based role. The employer has not said which states are eligible — confirm before applying.
Location as listed by the employer: “Remote - North America - EU - UK ; Remote - Canada; Remote - EMEA; Remote - EU; Remote - United States”
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About this role

Alpaca is hiring for a Director of Data Platform role. See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in data engineering, including 3+ years managing data teams (leads + ICs).
  • Deep experience with modern data stack: dbt, Trino/Presto or equivalent query engines, Apache Iceberg or similar table formats, cloud object storage.
  • Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT patterns at scale: CDC (Debezium/Kafka), batch (Airflow/dbt), streaming, and reverse ETL.
  • Track record of building self-service analytics capabilities for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with financial data: trading, invoicing, revenue attribution, or regulatory reporting in fintech or financial services.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL. Comfortable reading code, reviewing PRs, and making architecture decisions.
  • Experience managing distributed/remote teams across multiple time zones.
  • Strong stakeholder management: you can translate between executive priorities and engineering execution.

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.