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Alpaca
About Alpaca
Alpaca runs licensed brokerage infrastructure that broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds and crypto exchanges reach through APIs for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto and fixed income. Four of its postings are security work: an AI Security Engineer, an IT Security Engineer, a Security Operations Engineer and a Cyber & AI Risk Analyst.
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, CyberJobs.cc shows 4 security openings at Alpaca.
Alpaca security openings
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Cyber Threat Intelligence SME (shows the role here)
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Security Operations Engineer (shows the role here)
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Working at Alpaca
San Mateo-based Alpaca was started in 2015 by Yoshi Yokokawa and Hitoshi Harada and raised a $150 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation in January 2026. Its security postings state No salary in its postings (from its own postings).
4 security roles open at the last read4 open roles at Alpaca, confirmed on its careers system 13 Nov 2026.
Remote salaried staff roles, hired by region across the Americas and EMEA.
All four are remote: three across the Americas and one within EMEA.
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Salaries at Alpaca
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
Alpaca's postings mention a competitive salary without a figure (12 Nov 2026); the $500 they list is a one-time home-office setup allowance, not monthly pay.
Specialties Alpaca hires in
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Alpaca: common questions
What salary does Alpaca offer security staff?
No salary in its postings. Alpaca's postings mention a competitive salary without a figure (12 Nov 2026); the $500 they list is a one-time home-office setup allowance, not monthly pay.
What sort of company is Alpaca?
San Mateo-based Alpaca was started in 2015 by Yoshi Yokokawa and Hitoshi Harada and raised a $150 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation in January 2026.
What is it like to work in security at Alpaca?
Its security postings state No salary in its postings (from its own postings). As a regulated finance or crypto firm, compliance, fraud-adjacent security and incident response teams stay large.
What kind of employment are Alpaca's security roles?
Remote salaried staff roles, hired by region across the Americas and EMEA.
Where are Alpaca's security jobs based?
All four are remote: three across the Americas and one within EMEA.
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