Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive testing strategies for Alpaca's API surface
• Improve developer experience by standardizing tooling and testing infrastructure
• Coordinate with teams to improve test coverage, reliability, and speed
• Mentor and guide product engineers to foster a culture of quality
• Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests

Requirements

• 5+ years as an SDET or Senior QA Engineer
• 1+ year of production Go experience
• CI pipeline experience with GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Build
• Microservices experience with automated test framework design
• Advanced Kubernetes knowledge including Helm chart development
• Prior startup experience with comfort navigating ambiguity and technical debt

Preferred Qualifications

• Python or TypeScript development experience
• Efficient Dockerfile authoring and secure container image building
• Load testing with k6 (REST) and ghz (gRPC)
• IaC deployments with Argo CD or Terraform
• Google Cloud Platform and GKE experience
• Testing event-driven systems with Kafka or Redpanda

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Health benefits
• $500 new hire home-office setup
• $150 monthly stipend via Brex Card

About the Company

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer providing institutional-grade brokerage infrastructure APIs for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and more. The company serves hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with over 9 million brokerage accounts, backed by $320M+ in funding from investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Portage Ventures.