Senior Software Developer Product Developer [Full Stack]

Job title:

Senior Software Developer Product Developer [Full Stack]

Company

Wealthsimple

Job description

Your career is an investment that grows over time!Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3 million users who trust us with more than $40 billion in assets.Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We’re looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.Team Overviews:Institutional Transfers: This team owns institutional transfers coming in and out of Wealthsimple – think billions in security, cash, etc. transfers from brokerages and trading platforms like RBC Direct Investing. Our closely-knit team works collaboratively with product, design, marketing and operations teams on deeply technical problems across our full stack (lots of front and backend problems to solve!). There’s so much opportunity to dive deep into our domain – we’re looking for someone passionate about learning new, complex systems, an owner that will improve those systems and communicate strongly with stakeholders along the way. Some tech we use daily: React (TypeScript), Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Temporal.Managed Invest: This team is leading the charge in our mission to democratize wealth management. By merging cutting-edge technology with sophisticated investment strategies, we provide personalized wealth management solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. We are driven by ambitious goals to enhance the client experience, making it both seamless and enjoyable. We’re also developing a new suite of products to offer clients greater choice and control over their investment journeys. Our team is growing rapidly: we’re building out specialized areas within our domain. We use a range of advanced technologies daily, including Ruby, React/React Native, GraphQL, Temporal, and Kafka. Collaboration is key, as we engage with various stakeholders-such as advisors, legal experts, compliance officers, investment researchers, product designers, and clients-to refine and perfect our solutions.Payment Cards: This team is responsible for payment card products, from physical and virtual cards, to in-app experiences to digital wallets to reward systems. We work with leading payment networks, processors, manufacturers, and digital wallets to craft simple, intelligent and rewarding spending experiences for Canadians. We use a range of technologies like Ruby and React native.In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Join a team that has experience growing Wealthsimple into one of the largest FinTech players in Canada, and aims to make Wealthsimple the primary financial institution for Canadians
• Collaborate with our cross-functional teams of talented software developers, data scientists, product managers, and designers to give Wealthsimple clients delightful web and mobile experiences
• Work across the entire techstack to iteratively build, test, deploy and monitor high quality software
• Ship impactful projects and solve interesting problems on a regular basis leveraging cutting edge technology

About our tech stack and tools:

• Service oriented architecture with over 100+ services
• Roughly half of these services are Ruby on Rails, with the other half being Java/Kotlin. The teams we are hiring for here are mostly using Ruby on Rails.
• Our front-end application is a mix of React/Angular
• We host our services on Amazon Web Services and use things like RDS, Aurora, SQS, SNS, S3, Kafka, etc
• We have amazing infrastructure & security teams
• We follow best practices and have great tools for profiling, logging, tracing, tracking and experimenting

Skills You Bring:

• Proven track record of scoping and building medium to large features for distributed systems In production
• Proficiency in code reviews and troubleshooting design or performance issues.
• Solid understanding of common design patterns, relational databases (SQL), and experience working with backend and frontend development frameworks
• Comfortable with on-call duties and system maintenance.
• Effective at communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• The drive to help improve team documentation, champion operational excellence, and make meaningful improvements to the codebase

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with React or React Native, Ruby on Rails, Java or Kotlin
• Working knowledge of GraphQL and Kafka
• Familiarity with frameworks such as Kubernetes and tools such as Temporal and DataDog
• Experience working on mobile development
• Experience working with banking or financial technology companies
• Background in financial technology or B2C applications
• Experience with interviewing, onboarding, and mentoring junior team members

Please submit your application before end of Day Sept 6th, 2024.Why Wealthsimple?🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the yearWe’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions – join us!Read our and learn more aboutDEI StatementAt Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.Accessibility StatementWealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.

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Location

Canada

Job date

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 02:26:52 GMT

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