About the role

Staff Platform Engineer at Shakepay evolving the developer platform for engineering teams. Collaborating to enhance reliability and accelerate software delivery.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the architecture of Shakepay’s internal developer platform
Design and build foundational infrastructure that supports our growing systems and teams
Lead the development of internal tooling and automation that significantly improves developer productivity
Architect 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 system reliability, scalability, and performance across our production environment
Partner with product and infrastructure teams to drive best practices in system design and operations
Lead technical initiatives that span multiple engineering teams
Mentor engineers and guide technical decision-making through design reviews and architecture discussions
Influence the long-term technical direction of our infrastructure and platform ecosystem
Contribute to incident response and drive improvements to operational resilience

8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles
Strong programming experience (e.g., Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar)
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 tooling used by multiple teams
Experience improving developer experience and engineering velocity through platform improvements
Experience building tools or workflows that leverage AI/LLMs to automate tasks or augment developer productivity
Strong system design and architectural thinking
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across teams
Strong collaboration and communication skills
A pragmatic mindset focused on solving real business problems.

🤖 AI Enablement: Generous AI token budget (currently unlimited).
🤝 Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation.
🥅 Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments.
🦷 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 office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
🆙 Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
🌴 Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. We will give you a $1,000 bonus if you use all your vacation time.
🐣 Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
🙌 Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other.