About the company
Shakepay is reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake, by making it bitcoin-friendly, secure, and rewarding. When Shakepay launched in 2015, it quickly became one of Canada’s fastest-growing financial institutions. Backed by top venture funds having raised $44M+ and trusted by over one million Canadians and counting. People who choose careers at Shakepay are helping shape a future of financial freedom, opportunity, and prosperity for all Canadians.
Job Summary
What you’ll be doing
📍Drive technical vision and strategy for developer experience, influencing multiple teams and systems. 📍Architect and implement foundational tools that scale Shakepay’s engineering productivity and reliability. 📍Identify and lead high-impact initiatives to streamline the developer workflow, improving DORA and other key engineering metrics. 📍Act as a mentor and thought leader, elevating the engineering culture and coaching senior engineers. 📍Participate in and help improve the on-call process, ensuring sustainable and effective incident response practices.
Who we’re looking for
📍8+ years of hands-on software development experience in a Developer Experience, Platform, or DevOps role. 📍Proven ability to design and implement developer tooling, automation frameworks, and internal platforms that improve engineering velocity. 📍Deep architectural knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure as code (IaC), and modern developer workflows—emphasising writing high-quality code. 📍Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work across the stack (e.g., backend services, build systems, IDE integrations). 📍Experience with incident management and on-call rotations, ensuring a culture of operational excellence and reliability. 📍Passion for removing friction in the development process and writing code that enables other engineers to ship faster and more confidently.
