Alpaca reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

68% positive business outlook

Alpaca has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alpaca employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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52 reviews
5.0
Jan 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- ownership over large projects - work with talented engineers - always interesting projects to work on - flat organizational structure - many opportunities to prove yourself - compensation is very competative, more than happy to give you a raise if you put in the work - meritocracy

Cons

- high dev velocity can be stressful and make it difficult to maintain projects - always feels like there could be more engineers

2.0
Feb 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

100% Remote. Great people. Very friendly and pleasant atmosphere. Pioneer in defining Trading API.

Cons

Going through 2 CTOs in 1 year is never a good sign. Senior engineers with domain experience are leaving the firm. No commitment in addressing tech debt.

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