Wealthsimple
Future Opportunities: Sr Software Developer - Platform Engineering
Remote (Canada) · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 36 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsSnowflakeAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringRESTMachine LearningAirflowdbtData EngineeringAccessibility
About the role
- Improve reliability, scalability, and performance of core systems
- Work closely with internal users (engineers or data practitioners)
- Participate in operational ownership (on-call where applicable)
Responsibilities
- designing, building, shipping, and operating the systems engineers depend on every day.
- You'll lead projects end-to-end, partner with the teams that use what you build, and grow your influence beyond your immediate team as you go.
- 7+ years building production systems
Requirements
- Senior engineers with deep experience in one of the two areas below:
- Strong experience in distributed systems or data-intensive systems
- If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.
Nice to have
- Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS/GCP/Kubernetes)
- CI/CD or developer tooling experience (Platform track)
- dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, or similar tools (Data track)
- Observability, reliability engineering, or data quality systems
- Experience working across both domains (not required)
- That means we're always looking for better ways to work - whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem.
Skills
- Python · Cloud infrastructure · Kubernetes · Distributed systems · dbt · Airflow · Streaming systems
- 🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- 📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
- 🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
- ✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
- 👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
- The focus is on improving developer productivity, system reliability, and software delivery speed.
- WHY WEALTHSIMPLE?
Compensation
- 🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
Company info
- our developers are our customers, and we're measured by the leverage we give them.
- Our work shapes how every engineer at Wealthsimple writes, ships, and runs code.
- When we do it well, the whole company moves faster and ships with more confidence.
- You'll join one of our Platform teams and take ownership of significant pieces of the developer experience.
- The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
- Read our Culture Manual https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/culture and learn more about how we work https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/careers.
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