Senior Software Development Engineer In Test, San Mateo

Your Role
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test on the Platform Team, you will be responsible for improving the automated and manual testing infrastructure at Alpaca - helping our developers quickly and reliably deliver new features.
We are looking for experienced engineers who not only understand testing best practices and CI pipelines, but also have in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and can dig deep into application code when necessary.
Things You Get To Do
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.
Who You Are (must-haves)
You have
5+ years of experience
as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.
You have written code in strongly typed languages before
and have at least
1
year of experience with Go
.
You have built and maintained
CI pipelines
before - we use a mix of
GitHub Actions
and
Google Cloud Build
pipelines.
You have worked with
microservices
before and understand the challenges they pose for building reliable integrations and end-to-end tests.
You have experience
designing and building automated test frameworks
.
You are familiar with
Kubernetes
beyond the basics - you can write a
Helm
chart for a new service with relative ease, you understand best practices around security, and you have prior job experience or certifications to prove this.
You have worked at a
startup
before - you understand that things don't always go according to plan, that there is significant technical debt, that some tasks just need to be done, and that sometimes there are no processes or documentation to guide your hand.
You are 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.
Who You Might Be (nice-to-haves)
You have written code in
Python
or
TypeScript
.
You have experience writing efficient
Dockerfiles
and building secure container images.
You have implemented load tests with k6 (REST) and ghz (gRPC) and have experience analyzing pprof/trace output.
You have done IaC deployments with
Argo CD
or
Terraform
, or have used
Google Cloud Platform
and
Google Kubernetes Engine
before.
You are familiar with
Tilt
and have written a
Kubernetes Operator
before.
You are familiar with
testing event-driven systems
using Kafka (or even better, Redpanda).
How We Take Care of You
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
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
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