Securities Finance Analyst

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute borrow and loan opportunities across equities, fixed income, and ETFs using manual and automated strategies.
• Leverage SQL and AI tools to streamline daily tasks, develop analytical tools, and automate data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize data pipelines, trading systems, and risk controls.
• Monitor outstanding loans, recalls, and rates to optimize risk and profitability.
• Build and maintain relationships with borrowers, lenders, custodians, and firm client partners.
• Assess and manage counterparty, credit, and market risk.
• Create automated workflow solutions for securities lending trading and operations.
• Assist in infrastructure building and business development for tokenized equities financing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 1–3 years of experience in a technical or trading role, ideally with exposure to securities lending or short selling.
• Series 7 and 63 licenses, or willingness to obtain them within 90 days of employment.
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel VBA; experience with Go is preferred.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with core financial instruments including equities, fixed income, ETFs, and cryptocurrency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI automation tools.
• Experience in a high-growth fintech or brokerage infrastructure environment.
• Knowledge of tokenization infrastructure and financing market structures.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup (one-time USD $500)
• Monthly Stipend (USD $150 per month via Brex Card)

About the Company

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure provider for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and fixed income. Serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries, Alpaca provides institutional-grade APIs to broker-dealers, hedge funds, and wealth managers, supporting over 9 million brokerage accounts globally.