Senior Sales Engineer (Korean Proficiency Required)

About the role

Alpaca, a US-headquartered provider of agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto and fixed income, is looking for a Senior Sales Engineer to expand its base of enterprise partners within an assigned territory. The role combines technical expertise with strong communication to support the sales process for Alpaca's products and services.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the product and technical subject matter expert, explaining all aspects of the Alpaca platform to diverse audiences and stakeholders
• Act as a regional market expert on regulations, compliance and jurisdictional requirements
• Work comfortably with senior leaders and C-level executives
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams, giving technical advice and product expertise throughout the client lifecycle
• Present product and technical use cases to prospective clients and build trust in Alpaca's technical capabilities
• Turn complex business and technical requirements into clear, simple solutions
• Create sales support materials and documentation for new features and products
• Own technical sales engagements end to end: discovery calls, solution validation, RFPs and questionnaires
• Lead demo strategy and execution, and stay up to date on product development timelines with the product team
• Travel as needed to support sales activities and customer engagements

Required profile

• 5+ years in a client-facing role such as Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, Technical Product Management or Partner Engineering, at an API or SaaS-first company
• Strong technical background and proven ability to explain complex technical concepts simply
• Ability to handle multiple assignments independently and with close attention to detail
• Professional or business-level fluency in spoken and written Korean
• Experience in financial services, fintech or brokerage, including trading lifecycle, settlements and regulatory awareness

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with APIs, WebSockets, Postman, Grafana and JSON
• Experience with the FIX eXchange protocol
• English at a level that allows clear communication with clients

What we offer

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Health benefits
• New hire home-office setup of USD 500 and a monthly stipend of USD 150 via a Brex card