Description:

Wealthsimple is seeking a Senior Software Developer for their Streaming Platform team, which is part of the Platform Engineering team.
The team is responsible for providing the platform, standards, and tools to leverage streaming technologies such as Flink, Temporal, Kafka, and Confluent.
The role involves improving the reliability and recoverability of Flink jobs and Kafka infrastructure to deliver accurate financial metrics to clients.
The developer will help build tools that enhance the developer experience, particularly in the transition to Kubernetes.
Responsibilities include ensuring the scalability and reliability of the platform, partnering with cross-functional teams, and keeping up with industry best practices.
The developer will also coach and mentor team members on core technologies and work across downstream services in a microservice architecture primarily using Ruby on Rails and Java/Kotlin.

Requirements:

Candidates must have strong knowledge of building, maintaining, and scaling real-time data ingestion and processing frameworks such as Flink, Kafka, and Temporal.
Previous end-to-end experience in designing, building, and supporting cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes is required.
Strong knowledge of software and infrastructure development best practices is essential to improve the developer experience.
The ability to adapt and deliver meaningful work in a fast-paced environment is necessary.
Candidates should possess a collaborative and open communication style, with experience in delivering clear and concise messages to cross-discipline teams.

Wealthsimple offers a competitive salary along with top-tier health benefits and life insurance.
There is a retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work.
Employees receive 20 vacation days per year, along with unlimited sick and mental health days.
The company provides up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets.
Employees can participate in a 90 days away program, allowing them to work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year.
Wealthsimple promotes a variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups and schedules company-wide wellness days off throughout the year.