Staff infrastructure engineer building Mercury’s fintech services platform, service ecosystem, and Kubernetes deployment standards. Improving observability, operational safety, and scalable infrastructure adoption across engineering teams.
About the role
- Platform Engineer developing backend services and data workflows for financial platforms at Shift Markets. Focusing on building and scaling infrastructure, data pipelines, and system design.
Responsibilities
- Build & Scale Backend and Platform Systems
- Design and build backend services and platform components using TypeScript, Python, or similar
- Work on systems that support data processing, automation, and product scalability
- Contribute to event-driven architectures and distributed systems
- Build and improve ETL pipelines and data workflows
- Help optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of data systems
- Build and maintain infrastructure using Amazon CDK, Terraform, or CDKTF Typescript
- Create reusable infrastructure patterns and improve existing codebases
- Collaborate with developers and architects to improve system design
- Help scale systems as product usage grows
Requirements
- 4 to 7+ years of experience in software engineering, backend engineering, or platform engineering
- Strong programming skills (TypeScript or Python preferred)
- Experience building backend systems, APIs, or data pipelines
- Hands-on experience with Terraform CDKTF or Amazon CDK is a strong plus
- Experience working with AWS
- Basic understanding of event-driven systems or distributed architectures
- Ability to explain technical decisions clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Benefits
- Impact: Work on systems that power real financial products
- Ownership: Contribute to real technical decisions early
- Growth: Expand your skills across backend, infrastructure, and platform engineering
- Collaboration: Work closely with experienced engineers and leadership
- Flexibility: Remote-first within Canada
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