Remote Senior Platform Engineer

Description:

• Shakepay is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their team and contribute to revolutionizing financial services in Canada.
• The successful candidate will optimize code delivery, develop deployment processes, and streamline engineering onboarding through automation.
• Responsibilities include building and maintaining security controls, troubleshooting performance issues, and participating in the on-call rotation.
• The role involves measuring key delivery metrics, responding to service disruptions, and ensuring optimal system performance.
• The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in a DevOps/SRE/Cloud engineer role and be proficient in Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
• They should possess a solid understanding of networking concepts, experience with monitoring tools like DataDog, and knowledge of engineering processes and system optimization.
• Bonus points for experience with technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, DataDog, AWS cloud services, Terraform, and Node.js, as well as building fintech infrastructure and having some bitcoin knowledge.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in a DevOps/SRE/Cloud engineer role.
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS in production and continuous build environments.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts such as HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS.
• Experience monitoring high availability environments using tools like DataDog.
• Experience with customizing development tools.
• Extensive knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization.
• Experience working with a highly collaborative team.
• Experience with incident management.
• Driven by business impact.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and stock options, along with access to comprehensive health and dental coverage.
• Remote-friendly work environment with optional access to office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support career growth.
• 20 days of vacation per year with a $1,000 bonus if all vacation days are used.
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks.
• Home office setup including a MacBook, $1,200 budget for improvements, and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses.
• Option to receive salary in bitcoin.
• Team and company offsites for in-person collaboration and connection opportunities.