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AlpacaDB

AlpacaDB, Inc., also known as Alpaca and Alpaca Securities, is an API stock and crypto brokerage platform that enables services to embed investing and developer

Senior Software Development Engineer – Test

Location

Worldwide

Posted

178 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

5 yrs expEnglishKubernetesMicroservices

Job Description

Senior Software Development Engineer – Test

AlpacaDB

• Responsible for improving the automated and manual testing infrastructure at Alpaca - helping our developers quickly and reliably deliver new features. • Develop a comprehensive testing strategy for our API surface. • Improve developer experience by standardizing tooling and infrastructure. • Coordinate with other teams to improve test coverage, reliability and speed. • Mentor and guide product engineers, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the team. • Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests to ensure our platform can handle growing user demands.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.
  • Written code in strongly typed languages before and have at least 1 year of experience with Go.
  • Built and maintained CI pipelines before - we use a mix of GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Build pipelines.
  • Worked with microservices and understand the challenges they pose for building reliable integrations and end-to-end tests.
  • Experience designing and building automated test frameworks.
  • Familiar with Kubernetes beyond the basics - can write a Helm chart for a new service with relative ease, understand best practices around security, and have prior job experience or certifications.
  • Worked at a startup - understand that things don’t always go according to plan, that there is significant technical debt, and that some tasks just need to be done.
  • Not afraid of taking a task from start to finish - gathering requirements, figuring out and implementing the best technical solution, then deploying and monitoring the results.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Stock Options
  • Health Benefits
  • New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
  • Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

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