Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Alpaca
Anywhere
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Mentoring","Collaboration","Taking tasks end-to-end","Continuous improvement","Accountability"]

Own and evolve Alpaca’s automated and manual testing infrastructure for the Platform team, enabling faster, more reliable API releases. Build and standardize test strategy, tooling, and CI pipelines using GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Build. Design test frameworks and load/stress/scalability tests, collaborate across teams to improve coverage and performance, and mentor engineers while working deeply with Kubernetes and application code.

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Alpaca
Alpaca
8 months ago

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Alpaca’s automated and manual testing infrastructure for the Platform team, enabling faster, more reliable API releases. Build and standardize test strategy, tooling, and CI pipelines using GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Build. Design test frameworks and load/stress/scalability tests, collaborate across teams to improve coverage and performance, and mentor engineers while working deeply with Kubernetes and application code.
Location: Anywhere
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop a comprehensive testing strategy for Alpaca’s API surface.
  • •Improve developer experience by standardizing testing tooling and infrastructure.
  • •Coordinate with other teams to increase test coverage, reliability, and speed.
  • •Mentor and guide product engineers to foster quality and continuous improvement.
  • •Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests to validate platform performance.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome Office

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience as an SDET or Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.
  • •Experience coding in strongly typed languages, including at least 1 year with Go.
  • •Built and maintained CI pipelines (GitHub Actions and/or Google Cloud Build).
  • •Experience with microservices and building automated test frameworks for reliable end-to-end tests.
  • •Strong Kubernetes knowledge, including writing Helm charts and familiarity with security best practices.
Experience:5+ yearsStartups
Skills:MentoringCollaborationTaking tasks end-to-endContinuous improvementAccountability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoGitHub ActionsGoogle Cloud BuildKubernetesHelmHelm chartsMicroservicesCI pipelines

Company Brief

Alpaca
Provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for algorithmic and automated stock trading, enabling fintechs and developers to build trading applications with commission-free market access and custody services.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2015
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