Senior Data Scientist

Alpaca
Americas, North America
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Data storytelling"]

Join a highly collaborative data team to make Alpaca data-driven from the ground up. Partner with Finance, Operations, and Compliance to build foundational data models, dashboards, and in-depth analyses. You’ll own analytics data models (SQL across PostgreSQL/Trino/Iceberg), surface metrics via Metabase, and use Python for deeper explorations to answer business questions.

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Alpaca
Alpaca
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Senior Data Scientist

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Job Summary

Join a highly collaborative data team to make Alpaca data-driven from the ground up. Partner with Finance, Operations, and Compliance to build foundational data models, dashboards, and in-depth analyses. You’ll own analytics data models (SQL across PostgreSQL/Trino/Iceberg), surface metrics via Metabase, and use Python for deeper explorations to answer business questions.
Location: Americas, North America
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

Key Responsibilities

  • •Translate business questions into analytical outputs by partnering with cross-functional teams.
  • •Build and own analytics data models to power metrics, dashboards, and workflows.
  • •Develop metrics and tables using dbt and surface via dashboards (Metabase).
  • •Explore data with SQL (and Python when helpful) to uncover trends, anomalies, and P&L insights.
  • •Help operationalize data by standardizing core entities and enabling self-serve reporting.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome OfficeMonthly Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Strong SQL fundamentals (joins, CTEs, window functions) across diverse databases.
Experience:BrokerageData analyticsAnalytics engineering
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingData storytelling
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLPostgreSQLTrinoApache IcebergDbtMetabasePythonPandasNumPyJupyter

Company Brief

Alpaca
Provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for algorithmic and automated stock trading, enabling fintechs and developers to build trading applications with commission-free market access and custody services.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2015
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