Senior Software Developer - Backend Platform

Summary

Join Wealthsimple's Backend Platform team as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to building a delightful developer experience. You will lead key projects, develop and improve code for highly performant systems, mentor other developers, and collaborate with various teams. This role requires strong programming skills in multiple languages, experience with microservices and CI/CD pipelines, and a passion for creating streamlined developer experiences. Wealthsimple offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a remote-first work environment. Help us empower developers and shape the financial future of millions of Canadians.

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in Ruby, TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, or Python, and proven experience using these languages to deliver scalable backend tooling or frameworks
• Strong experience with microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines, with our tech stack using Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Docker, Github Actions, Datadog and Sentry among others
• Experience with internal developer portals and tools, and a passion for creating fast, reliable, and streamlined developer experiences
• Proven ability to establish, implement and enforce backend development standards and best practices, leaning into the philosophy of “Convention over Configuration”
• 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
• A passion for mentorship: you love empowering other developers across various teams while learning new skills

Responsibilities

• Lead key Backend Platform projects which include planning, scoping and regularly communicating progress to stakeholders to ensure quality and timelines
• Develop and continuously improve code, delivering highly performant, efficient systems and tooling that support your clients, our developers
• Coach and mentor both the teams that build the backend platform and users of the platform across a variety of different tech stacks such as Ruby, Typescript , Java/Kotlin and Python
• Partner closely with our Infrastructure and InfraSec teams, helping to build the tooling for a company-wide Kubernetes migration
• Collaborate with Product to ensure we’re delivering backend tooling that can help us ship products faster with an emphasis on our clients and best-in-class developer experience
• Improve the development process for our engineering teams by keeping on top of industry trends and implementing new tools and best practices
• Participate in our hiring process and shape the growth of the Engineering team
• Join our on-call rotation to support and maintain our critical systems, demonstrating your growing expertise and commitment to our platform's reliability

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
• We’re a remote-first team