Senior Platform Engineer
At Shakepay, we have a bold mission to bring about the Bitcoin golden age and provide all Canadians with fair financial services. Our company culture revolves around meaningful work, teamwork, and acknowledging achievements. If you are someone who values personal growth, innovation, and collaborative sharing of ideas, we invite you to join us in creating something exceptional!
Founded in 2015, Shakepay is dedicated to simplifying the process of buying and earning bitcoin securely and efficiently through our innovative Shakepay app. With the recent launch of Shakepay Card, our users can now earn bitcoin rewards while shopping, attracting over a million users across Canada. Our company is regulated nationwide and supported by leading venture capitalists, with a considerable funding of $44M.
As a potential addition to our team, you will play a crucial role in developing and enhancing the Shakepay platform. By joining us, you'll be at the forefront of redefining how Canadians approach wealth-building and money management. Our team is fueled by groundbreaking ideas and a shared commitment to transform traditional financial services into something exciting and new.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
- Overseeing code optimization to ensure top-quality work by all engineers.
- Developing and refining deployment processes and tools for secure and efficient software delivery.
- Implementing automation to streamline engineering onboarding and enhance learning opportunities.
- Creating solutions and processes to prevent potential system outages.
- Building, deploying, and maintaining security controls and monitoring infrastructure.
- Resolving performance issues promptly to uphold optimal system functionality.
- Tracking essential delivery metrics and responding promptly to any significant service disruptions.
- Participating in an on-call rotation to safeguard system stability effectively.
Primary Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years experience in a DevOps/SRE/Cloud engineering role.
- Proficiency in using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS in live production environments.
- Experience in monitoring high availability setups using tools like DataDog.
- Strong grasp of engineering processes, system optimization, and structural design.
- Extensive collaboration experience within a team setting.
- Prior exposure to incident management processes.
- Motivated by driving business impact.
Preferred Experience:
- Knowledge of technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, DataDog, and AWS Cloud Suite.
- Background in developing fintech infrastructure.
- Understanding of Bitcoin operations or the eagerness to learn.
- Familiarity with Node.js and relevant tools like Terraform and Helm.
Why You Should Join Us:
- Contribute to reshaping the future of financial services in Canada with our pioneering approach.
- Impact millions by facilitating access to Shakepay and Bitcoin for all Canadians.
- Grow your career with ample opportunities for learning, development, and progress.
- Foster a culture where the best ideas thrive, regardless of their origins.
Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive compensation including stock options.
- Health and dental coverage from day one, with additional wellness benefits.
- Remote work flexibility across Canada and convenient office access in Montreal and Toronto.
- $2,000 annual budget for professional development.
- Generous vacation time with an added bonus for utilizing full vacation days.
- Enhanced parental leave benefits.
- Home office setup support incl. MacBook provision and stipend for expenses.
- Option to receive salary in Bitcoin, the soundest form of money available.
Team Engagement:
Opportunities for team and company offsites to foster connections and collaboration.
We value potential as much as experience, and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Fluency in English is essential due to our platform's availability to all Canadians.
Become part of the Shakepay team and be a part of revolutionizing financial services in Canada!