Director of Data
Core
Lead Alpaca's ~15-person data department (Platform Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Science) to own data strategy, execution, and roadmap for a self-clearing broker-dealer.
Role type
Director of Data (Head of Data)
Builds
Data platform processing hundreds of millions of events daily, partner invoicing systems, embedded analytics, and AI-powered analytics.
Domain
Fintech / Brokerage Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Data team management (3+ years), modern data stack (dbt, Trino, Iceberg, GCS), ETL/ELT at scale (CDC, batch, streaming), financial data experience (trading, invoicing, regulatory reporting), Python, SQL, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Preferred skills
Brokerage operations experience, LLM/AI tooling, compliance analytics, open-source data catalogues.
Technologies
Trino, Iceberg, GCS, Airflow, Airbyte, Redpanda, dbt, BrokerDash, WrenAI, Cube, OpenMetadata, Collate, GKE, Helm, Terraform, Kafka, Debezium, BigQuery.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop three sub-teams (Platform Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Science); Own the Data Lakehouse architecture; Drive partner invoicing accuracy and evolution; Deliver embedded analytics via BrokerDash and APIs; Support product launches with data change management; Accelerate self-service analytics; Guide AI/ML enablement; Collaborate with Finance, Sales, Product, Compliance, and Customer Success; Manage infrastructure costs; Operate production systems (on-call, incident response, SLOs).
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with team leadership
