Creative writing Jobs in Waterloo, ON

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are :

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 recent 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. This includes 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're deeply 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 proudly backed by top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

Our Team Members :

We're 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're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role

We are looking for a Senior Web Designer & Digital Illustrator with a strong background in tech and a deep understanding of modern design systems. This role blends high-quality visual design and digital illustration with hands-on implementation to create experiences that are not only beautiful but also efficient, scalable, and technically sound. You'll collaborate closely with engineers and brand teams to build cohesive, performant web experiences.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design of responsive, accessible web interfaces rooted in a scalable design system.
• Own the creation of digital illustrations, iconography, and brand visuals that elevate product and marketing experiences.
• Translate conceptual ideas into polished UI / UX flows, prototypes, and production-ready assets.
• Partner with engineering to efficiently implement designs, ensuring pixel-perfect quality and firm performance.
• Evolve and maintain our brand design system, contributing reusable components, tokens, and documentation.
• Audit and optimize existing interfaces for consistency, usability, and visual quality.
• Participate in user research and apply insights to refine design decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure brand consistency across all digital touchpoints.

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Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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