Senior Platform Engineer - Developer Experience

Summary

Join Shakepay's Platform team as a Senior Software 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. Collaborate with internal users to identify and solve workflow inefficiencies. Prototype and build tools rapidly, participate in on-call rotation, and contribute to architectural best practices. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of full-stack, internal tooling, or platform engineering experience, a deep understanding of process engineering and system design, and a passion for improving efficiency. Shakepay offers stock options, yearly salary assessments, health and dental coverage, remote work options, a training budget, vacation time with a bonus for using it all, parental leave top-up, and team offsites.

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