About the role

Senior Platform Engineer at Float, designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure and developer platforms. Focus on high performance, scalability, security, and automation for financial services.

Responsibilities

Designing, building, and maintaining Float’s cloud infrastructure and developer platform
Build and maintain a robust and efficient infrastructure by designing, deploying, and managing services such as ECS, EKS, and RDS
Optimize performance, availability, and reliability through monitoring, tuning, and continuous improvements
Ensure compliance with cloud security best practices by implementing and enforcing security measures across AWS environments and containerized applications
Design and develop a world-class Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that empowers engineers with self-service infrastructure, standardized workflows, and automated guardrails
Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate platform and security best practices directly into development workflows
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in languages such as Go, Python, or TypeScript
Identify and mitigate risks through security assessments, vulnerability scans, and threat modeling

Strong background in AWS cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (ECS/EKS), RDS, and IaC (Terraform/Pulumi)
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Go, Python, TypeScript) with experience building services, tooling, or libraries used by other engineers
Experience designing or contributing to an Internal Developer Platform, or similar systems that improve developer experience at scale
Deep experience with CI/CD, observability, and automated testing in production environments
Familiarity with cloud security, identity management, and compliance frameworks
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence adoption and align with engineering teams

Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits
Hybrid work model – we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration
Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office
Thrive in a high-trust, high-performance culture where your work truly matters