Product Manager, Crypto

Alpaca is a brokerage infrastructure company providing developer APIs for stocks, options, fixed income, and crypto trading, plus tokenization infrastructure for TradFi–DeFi markets.

Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026

San Mateo, California, United States
About Alpaca

Alpaca provides API-first brokerage infrastructure for fintechs, institutions, algorithmic traders, and developers. Its offerings include Broker API, Trading API, market data, self-clearing brokerage services, crypto services, and the Instant Tokenization Network for in-kind minting and redemption of tokenized assets.

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About the Role

You will own a core crypto product surface end-to-end, shipping features for trading, custody and wallets, tokenization, or on-chain settlement. You will work closely with engineers, compliance, legal, and partners to translate integration constraints into a prioritized roadmap. You will run discovery with broker-dealers and fintech partners, write clear product requirements, and partner with engineers to deliver production-quality APIs, SDKs, and integrations. You will improve developer experience, streamline reconciliation and settlement workflows, handle exception processes, and report product metrics and status to stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, finance, or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Engineering, or founding a startup, preferably in crypto or financial infrastructure
  • Demonstrated depth on at least one core crypto product surface such as exchange trading, custody wallets, tokenization, or on-chain settlement
  • Experience building and shipping B2B developer-facing products, including SDKs, APIs, and partner integrations
  • Strong written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Business acumen to evaluate tradeoffs between stakeholders, technology feasibility, time, and budget
  • Familiarity with AI-native PM workflows and tools for PRD drafting, synthesis, and prototyping

Responsibilities

  • Own a core crypto product surface end-to-end
  • Drive product decisions by analyzing ROI, partner demand, market structure, and regulatory constraints
  • Contribute to the crypto roadmap for B2B and B2B2C surfaces including SDKs and APIs
  • Write product requirements and collaborate with engineers to ship to production
  • Run discovery with partners and translate feedback into product decisions
  • Improve developer experience including API ergonomics, documentation, and SDKs
  • Partner with compliance and legal on licensing, custody, KYC/AML, and tokenization-related decisions
  • Improve operational efficiency for reconciliation, settlement workflows, and exception handling
  • Report product status and results to internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

  • Stock options
  • Health benefits
  • One-time home office setup stipend USD 500
  • Monthly stipend USD 150 via Brex Card
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