Senior Software Developer, Edge

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About the role

  • Senior Software Developer focusing on GraphQL Federation architecture for fintech company Wealthsimple. Collaborating with teams to enhance API performance and mentorship of junior developers.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to our GraphQL Federation migration, working with GraphQL Mesh and Hive Gateway to move services from schema stitching to a fully federated supergraph
  • Build and improve automation tooling, including AI-assisted migration scripts, that accelerates schema transformations
  • Partner with backend teams to help them adopt federation patterns and resolve technical blockers
  • Improve gateway performance and observability, contributing to our shared GraphQL libraries
  • Create documentation and share knowledge that helps product teams adopt patterns without needing specialized expertise
  • Mentor junior team members and participate in code reviews that raise the bar for API quality

Requirements

  • Strong experience with GraphQL, including schema design and performance considerations
  • Familiarity in API design patterns across REST and GraphQL, with the ability to provide direction on how internal and client-facing APIs should evolve, what standards to adopt, and when to break from them
  • A track record of delivering technical work that spans multiple services, with the ability to coordinate dependencies and maintain momentum
  • Solid software development fundamentals, with experience building and maintaining production systems. Experience with Ruby or Node.js is a plus
  • Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach—you bring people along through documentation and genuine partnership
  • A pragmatic approach to technical decisions, balancing ideal solutions with shipping impact.

Benefits

  • Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
  • Long-term group savings with employer match using our Wealthsimple for Business platform
  • 20 vacation days + 4 wellness days per year, and unlimited sick and mental health days
  • 90 days away program: Employees can work outside of Canada for up to 90 days per calendar year
  • A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resources Groups (e.g., Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$151,200 - CA$189,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

GraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsRuby

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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