Description:

Wealthsimple is seeking a Senior Software Developer for their Reliability team, which is crucial for maintaining the trust of clients who rely on their life savings.
The Reliability Engineering team focuses on empowering service owners to deliver new features while ensuring the reliability of Wealthsimple's services.
The role involves creating and maintaining a suite of Reliability tools that support all teams across Wealthsimple.
The Senior Software Developer will shape technical implementations and cultural narratives to deliver value to clients, including data-driven insights and designing performant systems.
Responsibilities include leading key Reliability projects, developing and improving code, providing data and observability metrics, coaching users across various tech stacks, and fostering a Reliability culture through automation and collaboration.
Staying updated with industry trends in SRE, operations, and infrastructure is essential to offer best-in-class solutions.

Requirements:

Candidates must have proven experience in building, evolving, and maintaining large, reliable, and scalable systems.
Deep experience across the tech stack is required, with a Reliability mindset, including familiarity with Ruby, Java/Kotlin, NodeJS, AWS, and Kubernetes.
The ability to establish, implement, and enforce backend development standards and best practices is necessary.
Strong communication skills are essential, with a collaborative approach to delivering clear and concise messages to cross-discipline teams.
A passion for mentorship and empowering other developers while continuously learning new skills is expected.

Wealthsimple offers a remote work environment, allowing flexibility in work location.
The position is permanent and full-time, providing job security and stability.
Employees will have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects that contribute to financial freedom for millions of Canadians.
The role includes opportunities for professional growth through mentorship and collaboration with diverse teams.
Staying at the forefront of industry trends and technologies is encouraged, promoting continuous learning and development.