Senior Business Architect
Core
Senior Business Architect defining end-to-end brokerage operations (accounts, trading, clearing, settlement, custody) for Alpaca's Canadian subsidiary (ACCC) to bridge business needs with product/engineering builds.
Role type
Senior IC Business Architect (Capital Markets/Brokerage)
Builds
Product features and operational capabilities for Canadian brokerage operations
Domain
Financial Services / Capital Markets / Brokerage Infrastructure
Required skills
Business architecture, requirements engineering, process mapping, regulatory compliance translation, stakeholder management, gap analysis, backlog management, state machine design, exception handling design, AI/automation workflow design
Preferred skills
Canadian brokerage operations experience, CDS/settlement workflows, registered accounts (TFSA/RRSP/RESP), API/platform brokerage products, fintech/greenfield launches, AI-native workflow tools
Technologies
CDS, TFSA, RRSP, RESP, API, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT
Responsibilities
Map brokerage operations end-to-end across accounts, trading, clearing, settlement, custody, and asset servicing; Translate regulatory and operational obligations into product requirements; Write epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and edge cases; Produce process maps, capability matrices, and decision logs; Interface across Product, Engineering, Ops, and Compliance; Run structured discovery workshops and gap analyses; Maintain a living requirements backlog tied to ACCC milestones
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC