Senior Software Developer

Summary

Join Wealthsimple's Data Governance team as a Senior Software Developer and contribute to building cutting-edge data governance tools. You will develop company-wide tooling, steward the release of new tools, drive process improvements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires experience across front-end, back-end, and infrastructure, proficiency in various technologies, and a collaborative approach. Wealthsimple offers competitive benefits, including a competitive salary, health benefits, retirement savings matching, generous paid time off, wellness and professional development budgets, an international work program, and employee resource groups.

Requirements

• Experience across front-end, back-end and infrastructure. You don’t need to be an expert in all but have the ability to communicate technically across each team
• Proficiency with any of the tech we use and work with in this role: Python/Flask, React, SQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, Airflow, Apache, Satori Cyber, BigID, K8s, DataHub, Okta, DataDog, Splunk, or similar technologies
• End-to-end delivery of highly scalable, performant software
• Knowledge of industry best practices and tooling in data security and governance, and the passion to coach and mentor multiple departments of these areas
• A collaborative and open approach to communication: you are experienced in delivering clear, concise and solution-focused messages, that are easily understood by a cross-discipline team

Responsibilities

• Develop company wide tooling such as our cutting edge internal Data Access Request Portal that helps us move toward our goal of creating a singular, seamless and fully automated access request platform in one singular layer
• Steward the release of new tooling and design processes for data mapping initiatives company wide, and mentor adopters of the platform
• Drive us toward improving processes around data retention, data deletion requests, sensitive data identification and more
• Partner with Data, Security and Infrastructure to help develop our strategy and tooling around data observability and monitoring
• Collaborate cross-functionally with all areas of the business, developing software that impacts the front-end, back-end and infrastructure from concept to release

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus points for working in Data Platform or Security Engineering!

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year