About the role

Staff Platform Engineer developing internal systems and automations for Shakepay's engineering teams. Enhancing productivity and technical architecture while collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the architecture of Shakepay's internal developer platform
Design and build core infrastructure that supports our growing systems and teams
Lead development of internal tools and automations that significantly improve developer productivity
Design and implement infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices across the platform
Build and evolve observability systems, including monitoring, alerting, and dashboards
Design and implement AI-powered internal tools and agentic workflows that automate operational and development tasks
Improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of our production environment
Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to promote system design and operational best practices
Lead technical initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams
Mentor engineers and guide technical decisions through design reviews and architecture discussions
Influence the long-term technical direction of our infrastructure and platform ecosystem
Participate in incident response and drive improvements in operational resilience

8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps
Strong programming experience (e.g., Go, Python, JavaScript, or equivalent)
Deep experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment systems
Experience designing internal platforms or developer tools used by multiple teams
Experience improving developer experience and engineering velocity through platform enhancements
Experience building tools or workflows using AI/LLMs to automate tasks or augment developer productivity
Excellent system design skills and architectural thinking
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Pragmatic, problem-solving mindset focused on delivering business outcomes.

🤖 Generous AI token budget (currently unlimited)
🤝 Become an owner: Every employee receives stock options as part of their compensation.
🥅 Reach your goals: Annual salary reviews.
🦷 Health & wellness: Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
🌎 Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our offices in Montreal and Toronto.
🆙 Level up: An annual $2,000 budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
🌴 Vacation: 20 days of vacation per year. If you use all your vacation, we provide a $1,000 bonus.
🐣 Parental leave: Benefit from a parental leave top-up of up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
🙌 Have fun together: Quarterly team- or company-wide outings to encourage in-person connections.