Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Identify, articulate, and resolve strategically critical technical challenges.

• Design and develop highly scalable foundational platforms.

• Drive new product initiatives and enhance existing core application experiences.

• Implement and oversee security measures for SOX and other regulatory compliance.

• Mentor and guide engineers while fostering the development of future leaders.

• Assist with infrastructure audits and due diligence activities.

• Provide strategic advice to leadership regarding technology adoption and process enhancements.

• Contribute to shaping the overall engineering culture.

• Engage in the shared on-call rotation.

• Address incidents, diagnose production issues, outages, and critical alerts.

• Conduct root cause analysis and enhance service reliability.

• Escalate incidents and collaborate effectively to restore service.

• Document issues and work towards minimizing recurring incidents.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience in the industry.

• Proven history of creating impactful products or systems.

• Proficient in writing logical and maintainable code.

• Capable of providing clear and constructive feedback during code reviews.

• Technical aptitude to comprehend and contribute to project and idea design and implementation.

• Strong communication skills and effective prioritization abilities.

• Willingness to participate in a shared on-call rotation for production systems support.

• Availability for occasional after-hours, weekend, and holiday coverage while on call.

• Experience in a pre-IPO or public company setting is advantageous.

• Familiarity with operating Ruby on Rails in a cloud environment for 2+ years is a plus.

• Must reside and work remotely from Canada.

• Must be authorized to work in Canada.

• Proficiency in English is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual performance bonus opportunities.

• Equity options available.

• Remote work from anywhere in Canada.

• Equal Opportunity Employer commitment.

• Reasonable accommodations during the application or hiring process.