Staff Platform Engineer - Remote at Shakepay

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team at Shakepay, a leading platform in the cryptocurrency space. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping and evolving our internal platform that powers engineering across Shakepay. This is a remote position, allowing you to work from anywhere in Canada.

What You'll Do

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice to Have

• Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, ArgoCD, Helm, or Datadog.
• Experience designing internal developer platforms or self-service infrastructure.
• Experience building infrastructure in fintech or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with Bitcoin and curiosity to learn more.
• A folder of SafeForWork reaction memes.

What We Offer

• Generous AI token budget (currently unlimited).
• Yearly salary assessments with potential for rapid increases based on impact.
• Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
• Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training.
• 20 days of vacation per year, with a $1,000 bonus if you use all your vacation time.
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• Quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other.

At Shakepay, we believe that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you're eager to learn, grow, and contribute to our mission, we encourage you to apply. Fluency in English is required due to the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.