Technology Legal Counsel - Fully remote

Legal Counsel

Remote - United States

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, totaling 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• 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.
• Strong judgment, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
• Competitive Salary & Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

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