Senior Software Development Engineer Test, Forge
$175-205k
+ Annual bonus
Stock market for private companies
Be an early applicant
Stock market for private companies
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-205k
+ Annual bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To power an accessible, liquid , and transparent private market.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or 5 years software engineering experience)
- 5-10 years of software testing experience
- Fintech, Trading or Financial services industry experience
- Experience in leading quality efforts for internet applications
- Experience in test automation on UI, API or others
- Experience in enhancing existing Test Automation frameworks – Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, K6 etc
- Experience with CI/CD Pipelines
- Fluency with AI technologies related to testing and validation
Desirable
- Experience in E2E Automation, contract testing, API Automation, load & performance testing
- Experience mentoring other quality engineers
- Proven track-record of teamwork and delivery
- Experience at high-growth, venture-backed startups
What the job involves
- Forge’s quality engineering team’s charter is to improve product quality
- We thrive on holding high standards, obsessing over our customers, and living our values of being bold, humble and accountable
- We are seeking a Sr Software Development Engineer in Test with experience developing testing solutions and tooling to improve quality for financial trading systems or similar applications
- This role will work on our platform and reliability engineering team
- These teams own Forge’s infrastructure, developer experience and deployment engineering
- We are looking for a senior, technical and customer focused candidate who will also embody Forge values
- The ideal candidate thrives in team settings and is motivated by creating success all around them through strong communication, shipping great product experiences, and making data-driven decisions
- They will be working closely with other quality engineers in the team to define and execute the testing strategy
- Build comprehensive bottoms up Test Strategies for infrastructure changes and releases
- Built test automation frameworks, tools, solutions to make testing faster, efficient and stable
- Leverage artificial intelligence technologies to augment testing activities
- Experience with AI solutions such as agentic automation, MCPs, RAG applications etc
- Write tests plans covering various customer use cases – functional, compliance & legal aspects
- Engage is projects from the initiation phase to identify gaps in requirement and failure modes in design
- Automate tests based on what’s most valuable and high priority
- Collaborate with Forge’s product, design, information security and business team members to quickly grasp domain knowledge
- Develop concise, articulate, and detailed documentation[RP1.1][AD1.2]
- Participate in scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical test design, test gap analysis with assistance from other team members
- Provide technical assistance in the diagnosis of issues
- Assist in identification of defect trends of their areas and partner with development teams to fix the root cause
Our take
Corporate stock options are a competitive advantage for companies wishing to attract and motivate top talent. The option of early liquidity proves to be an enticement, especially when startups tend to postpone going public for so long.
Forge offers companies, their employees, investors, and institutions a means of selling their shares in a pre-IPO stock market, allowing private shares to be traded as freely as public company shares. Forge aims to standardize and bring speed to trades in the private market.
Big rivals include Carta and the Nasdaq Private Market, while others such as EquityZen, Zanbato, and Industry Ventures also pose threats. To strengthen its position in this bustling marketplace, Forge is focused on partnerships and new products; launching products such as Forge Intelligence, its first data product, and Forge Company Solutions. The company is also expanding its global reach through partnerships with Wells Fargo Securities and Deutsche Börse.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Jan 2019
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $238.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Medical, dental, and vision are available to all employees.
- Smart savings: 401k plan, life insurance, HSA and FSA, and pre-tax mass transit and parking benefits.
- Ownership: Equity is offered to all qualifying employees.
- Life balance: New parent leave and generous time off.
- We grow with you : We encourage and support your growth through education, training, and mentorship.
- Relationship building: Team lunches, employee interest groups, and company celebrations.
- Community and culture: Employee-led resource groups, volunteering, and community service.
- Rewards and recognition: Continuous recognition of our employees’ milestones, wins, and hard work.
- Food and snacks: Healthy snacks, drinks, and weekly lunches when in the office.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kelly Rodriques
(CEO)Former CEO of Pensco and Founder of Operative Capital. Previous Operating Partner with Ignition Growth Capital and CEO of Blowtorch Entertainment. Successfully started and co-invested with accomplished venture capitalists in early-stage technology companies. Serves as a board member and advisor to several growth companies in technology-enabled service sectors.
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