Motion Designer

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p>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 <a href="https://alpaca.markets/blog/alpaca-raises-150-million-at-a-1-15b-valuation-to-build-the-global-standard-for-brokerage-infrastructure/">recent Series D funding round</a> brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of <strong>opening financial services to everyone on the planet</strong>. 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Team Members:</strong></p> <p>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!<br><br>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.</p></div><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Your Role</strong></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re looking for a <strong>Motion Designer</strong> who creates fluid, modern, system-friendly motion for web and mobile interfaces. This role requires a strong understanding of how to design motion that is not only beautiful, but <strong>performant</strong>, <strong>responsive</strong>, and optimized for <strong>code-based implementation</strong> rather than traditional video exports. Your work will range from subtle interaction animations to full microinteraction systems crafted with intention, clarity, and technical efficiency.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design high-quality motion graphics and interaction animations for web and mobile products.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Create motion that is <strong>lightweight, performant, and suitable for code-driven implementation.</strong></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with product designers to bring UI concepts to life through motion that enhances usability and engagement.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure animations translate accurately and efficiently into production.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop motion templates, guidelines, and libraries that support a cohesive motion design system.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Balance expressiveness with performance—knowing when subtlety has the most substantial impact.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Iterate based on feedback and performance constraints across devices and platforms.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Produce m ... (truncated, view full listing at source)