Teams at Alpaca

The Senior Accountant will manage journal entries, account reconciliations, monthly and annual close processes, financial statements, internal reporting, audits, tax documentation, reserves, and accounting policies. The role supports a multi-entity, regulated fintech environment and collaborates with cross-functional teams to improve processes, controls, automation, and regulatory compliance.

Leads cryptocurrency accounting operations, financial reporting, month-end close, reconciliations, audit coordination, technical accounting, and internal controls. The role develops accounting policies for digital assets, evaluates complex transactions under US GAAP, supports regulatory requirements, partners with cross-functional stakeholders, and drives process automation and scalability. It also serves as the primary accounting liaison for crypto initiatives, external auditors, and regulatory examinations.

Own the architecture and long-term direction of Alpaca’s Redpanda-based event streaming platform. Lead migration to event-driven systems, design scalable real-time client streaming, establish schema and library standards, shape authentication for streaming, partner on resilience and testing, mentor engineers, influence cross-team technical decisions, and participate in platform on-call. The role primarily uses Go and involves Kubernetes, Helm, PostgreSQL, observability, and distributed systems.