Precision Equals Profit
When you're building on the Alpaca API, precision matters, hence the importance to hire experienced API developers. Whether you're launching a trading app, automating portfolio management, or embedding real-time market data, your backend infrastructure must execute flawlessly. Deploi understands the stakes. Our engineers obsess over milliseconds, edge cases, and fault tolerance—because in trading, every detail counts.
Execute Your Vision
Alpaca offers a robust suite of APIs for trading, market data, account onboarding, funding, instant buying power, and more. But stitching together these endpoints into a seamless user experience requires architectural planning, compliance awareness, and integration expertise. At Deploi, we don't just write code, we build systems that scale, stay compliant, and convert users.
Why Deploi
Deploi is an elite software engineering team that specializes in architecting, building, and launching custom fintech platforms that are fast, reliable, and user-friendly. Unlike bloated dev shops, we're fast-moving, senior-only, and deeply invested in every product we build. We turn regulated complexity into elegant code.
What We've Engineered
We've built entire trading platforms from the ground up. Here are a few examples:
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AlgoEdge – a high-frequency trading platform that processes millions of data points per second, powered by custom indicators, real-time scanners, nocode strategy creation, and multi-database architecture for low-latency execution.
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EdgeCore – our proprietary execution engine.
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Truso.io – a crypto signal platform built as a responsive progressive web app.
We’re used to architecting scalable, performant platforms that go far beyond MVPs.
What to Look For
Hiring Alpaca API developers isn’t just about finding someone who can hit the endpoints. It’s about hiring a team that can:
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Build onboarding, trading, and funding flows across sandbox and production environments
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Use Transfer, Journal, and ACH APIs securely and reliably
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Extend instant buying power using Instant Funding endpoints
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Architect compliant KYC/AML flows
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Monitor and optimize trade settlement and performance
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Implement advanced order logic including fractional shares and notional orders
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Leverage Market Data WebSockets for real-time insights
We treat every project as if it's our own product.
Cost to Hire Alpaca API Developers
We work on a time and materials basis at $100/hour. A typical Alpaca API integration project costs between $10,000 and $80,000, depending on:
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Scope of account creation, ACH, and funding flows
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Number of asset classes and order types supported
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Level of real-time market data visualization required
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Admin and compliance tooling
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Whether you need full-stack design or backend-only
We’ll work with you to define a scope that aligns with your goals and timeline.
Alpaca API Overview
Alpaca provides a powerful suite of APIs for brokers, trading apps, and wealth platforms. Key APIs include:
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Broker API – For creating, managing, and funding user brokerage accounts.
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Trading API – For placing and managing stock and crypto orders with fractional share support.
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Market Data API – For real-time and historical equities, options, and crypto data via REST and WebSockets.
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Funding Wallets – For generating account-specific funding instructions.
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ACH & Plaid Integration – For seamless U.S. bank linking and transfers.
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Instant Funding – To extend immediate buying power to users ahead of fund settlement.
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WebSockets & SSEs – For streaming trade, journal, and account events in real-time.
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FIX API – For institutional connectivity using the FIX 4.2 protocol.
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Connect API (OAuth) – To let Alpaca users authorize your app to trade on their behalf.
Deploi can help you build end-to-end experiences across all these surfaces.
