Does Alpaca pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Alpaca employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Alpaca. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Alpaca?

70% of Alpaca employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Alpaca 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Alpaca?

Software Engineer (11) , Anonymous (2) , Operations (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Alpaca according to real employee reviews?

"friendly colleague, comfortable environment, good menter" ((in 4 reviews)); "Excellent company and team." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Alpaca according to real employee reviews?

"There have been many layoffs." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Alpaca layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Alpaca layoffs and their outlook for job security at Alpaca in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Alpaca locations?

San Mateo , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Canada

Alpaca reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

68% positive business outlook

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Alpaca has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 53 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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53 reviews

3.0

Mar 18, 2023

Typical Startup

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting industry awesome co-workers remote first decent tech stack

Cons

too many priorities not enough employees

5.0

Jan 11, 2022

Great growth opportunity

Software engineer

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

best days are behind them

Software engineer

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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