Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Alpaca (1 month ago)

RemoteFull TimeSenior$136,736 - $183,673 (estimated)Engineering

About this role

A Senior Software Development Engineer in Test on the Platform Team at Alpaca will own and improve the company’s testing infrastructure to help developers deliver reliable features quickly. The role focuses on enhancing developer experience, platform reliability, and scalability in a fast-growing, globally distributed startup. The position reports into the engineering/platform organization and contributes to long-term platform resilience and developer productivity.

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Required Skills

Testing Strategy
Tooling Standardization
Cross-Team Coordination
Mentoring
Load Testing
Scalability Testing
API Testing
CI Pipelines
Microservices
Test Frameworks

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About Alpaca

alpaca.markets

Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage platform that provides APIs and tools to build, automate, and embed investing and algorithmic trading for stocks, options, and crypto. It offers REST and streaming market data, trade execution, paper trading, and broker services (including omnibus/sub-accounting features) for managing client accounts. Developers and businesses use Alpaca’s clean APIs, SDKs, and webhooks to integrate trading into apps, run automated strategies, and manage portfolios programmatically. The platform focuses on programmability, low-latency execution, and infrastructure for both retail and institutional use.