Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Shakepay, a Canadian fintech company revolutionizing financial services with a focus on Bitcoin, as a Staff Software Engineer. You will participate in building innovative financial products, mentor engineers, collaborate on the tech vision, and have a significant impact on the company's success. This role requires 8+ years of software development experience, a strong understanding of engineering processes, and comfort working across the tech stack. Shakepay offers competitive compensation, stock options, comprehensive health benefits, remote work options, a generous learning and development budget, and various other perks.

Requirements

• 8+ years working experience as a software developer
• Be comfortable working across the tech stack
• Extensive knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization
• Fluency in English
• Eligibility to work in Canada

Responsibilities

• Participate in building financial products of the future
• Foster innovation as you architect products and features while maintaining a high bar for quality, scale, and performance
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and team discussion
• Collaborate on setting a tech vision for the company
• Courageously tackle any question with a "it depends"
• Have an influence across the entire Engineering organization, with correspondingly large impact to customers and the company
• On - call may be required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Node.js, React-Native, Vue, Postgres, Docker
• Experience with building financial apps
• Some bitcoin knowledge

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Health benefits from day 1
• Remote-friendly
• Learning and development : A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth
• Time off : 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus
• Parental leave : Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks
• Home office setup : A MacBook, a $1,200 budget for home office improvements, and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
• Salary in bitcoin option
• Team and company offsites