AML Compliance Manager – Securities + Crypto

Overview

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs, including broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 9 million brokerage accounts.

Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We are committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is backed by investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

We  a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact.

Join Alpaca Securities  dynamic and fully remote AML Compliance team dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of the financial markets. As the AML Compliance Manager, you will play a critical part in supporting the Securities and Crypto BSA/AML, Anti-Fraud, and Fraud Monitoring programs. You will lead and support investigations, ensure regulatory compliance, strengthen internal controls, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build a scalable, risk-based AML compliance infrastructure that evolves with our business and regulatory demands.

This position reports directly to the AMLCO (Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer).

• Partner with the AMLCO (and/or CCO) to maintain, enhance, and operationalize the  s CIP/KYC, AML, Anti-Fraud, and Fraud Monitoring initiatives across both the firm s Securities and Crypto entities.
• Lead and maintain periodic firm-wide risk assessments covering BSA/AML, sanctions, fraud, and surveillance programs.
• Oversee transaction monitoring systems, blockchain analytics tools, and case management workflows.
• Conduct in-depth investigations into potential suspicious activity across crypto, equities, and other financial instruments, including market manipulation, fraud, account takeovers, money laundering typologies, and other financial crimes through transaction monitoring alerts, escalations, and referrals.
• Prepare, document, and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in compliance with FinCEN requirements and internal policies.
• Review and respond to sanctions screening alerts, FinCEN 314(a) and 314(b) requests, and other regulatory inquiries.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and assist during external audits, examinations, and regulatory inquiries and engagements.
• Provide guidance and support across various business units, including trading, operations, and customer support, to ensure alignment with compliance protocols.
• Support the development and refinement of policies, procedures, monitoring controls, and compliance reporting mechanisms.
• Lead and contribute to special projects, compile investigative findings, and prepare reports for management, regulators, and auditors.
• Stay current on evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices, with a focus on the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC sanctions programs, MSB AML Regulations and applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulatory expectations, and proactively assess their impact on the firm s business and compliance programs.

• 5–8+ years AML, fraud, or financial crime investigations experience at FINRA…