Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Shakepay's Platform team as a Senior Platform Engineer and build internal tools to empower other teams. You will work with a variety of technologies, including Retool and AI-powered services, to create scalable and efficient systems. Responsibilities include prototyping and building tools, collaborating with internal users to identify and solve workflow issues, and participating in on-call rotations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience and a deep understanding of process engineering and system design. Bonus points for experience with Kubernetes, Datadog, AWS, and other specified technologies. Shakepay offers competitive benefits, including stock options, yearly salary assessments, health and dental coverage, remote work options, a professional development budget, generous vacation time with a bonus for using it all, parental leave top-up, and team-building events.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an Full Stack engineering, Internal Tooling, or Platform Engineering role with a proven track record of delivering impactful improvements
• Deep understanding of process engineering, system design, and optimising workflows
• Passion for improving efficiency and driving measurable business outcomes through technical excellence

Responsibilities

• Work with a combination of internally developed tools and third-party solutions, including Retool and other AI-powered services, to deliver scalable and efficient internal systems
• Rapidly prototype and build internal tools for a variety of functions across the company
• Work closely with internal users to uncover pain points and inefficiencies in their daily workflows to drive impactful improvements
• Participate in the on-call rotation and help ensure it remains sustainable for the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technologies like Kubernetes, Datadog, AWS Cloud, PostgreSQL, Terraform, ArgoCD, and Node.js
• Background in building FinTech infrastructure or understanding the unique challenges in this space
• Passion for improving internal developer documentation and knowledge sharing
• Familiarity with Bitcoin and excitement to learn more
• A curated folder of Safe-for-Work reaction memes to keep the team laughing

Benefits

• Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
• Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments
• Health & wellness: Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts
• Remote-friendly : Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto
• Level Up : A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth
• Time off : 20 days of vacation per year. We will give you a $1,000 bonus if you use all your vacation time
• Parental leave : Enjoy a parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks
• Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other