Senior Software Engineer, Shakepay
CA$170-220k
+ Stock Options
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
Open for applications
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
101-200 employees
Open for applications
CA$170-220k
+ Stock Options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.
Role
Who you are
- This is a Senior role. We’re looking for someone who has demonstrated ownership of production systems and is comfortable making decisions with real consequences
- Strong product and customer judgment. You care about what is being built and why
- Proven ownership of features or systems running in production, including reliability and on-call responsibility
- Comfort working through ambiguity and making thoughtful trade-offs with incomplete information
- A steady desire to improve your craft and the systems around you
- Curiosity, pragmatism, and a bias for action
- Active use of AI tools in your day-to-day workflow to accelerate development, debugging, and learning
- Comfort reading legacy code and not immediately rewriting it all
- Backend development using Node.js and TypeScript
- Relational databases such as Postgres
- Operating production systems with observability and monitoring (eg. Datadog)
- Working in containerized or cloud-based environments
- Comfort reviewing AI-generated PRs with the same skepticism you’d apply to a human PR
Desirable
- Mobile development with React Native
- Experience building financial, payments, or crypto-related systems
- Experience in high-growth or fast-moving product environments
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on product and platform systems that move real money and impact millions of users
- You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and other engineers to define problems, design solutions, and deliver them to production
- You will be expected to operate with a high degree of ownership and judgment, from early design through launch and long-term reliability
- Take ambiguous, high-impact problems and drive them from idea to production
- Partner closely with Product and Design to define scope, trade-offs, and execution plans
- Design, build, and evolve production systems with a strong focus on reliability, correctness, and maintainability
- Balance speed and quality, knowing when to move fast and when to slow down
- Share ownership of the systems you build, including on-call responsibilities and incident response
- Contribute to technical and product decisions that shape the direction of your team
- Help raise the bar for how the team builds by improving standards, tooling, and processes
Our take
Shakepay is a major platform in Canada for buying and trading Bitcoin, boasting a user base exceeding 1M amid the ongoing surge in cryptocurrency adoption.
In navigating the dynamic digital economy, Shakeypay must balance agility with maintaining trust among both seasoned crypto users and newcomers. The company's strategic decision to focus on Bitcoin and Ethereum, complemented by initiatives like the Shakepay rewards card, reflects its commitment to simplicity and accessibility in a complex market landscape.
Shakepay is focused on enhancing its user-friendly cryptocurrency interface to sustain growth. Recent engagement with regulators highlights its commitment to safe digital asset transactions. Following a data breach, Shakepay swiftly implemented security measures and offers free credit monitoring, reinforcing its dedication to customer data security. As it innovates and expands, Shakepay remains dedicated to advancing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2022
$31.3m
SERIES A
Feb 2018
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $32.1m
Company benefits
- Equity benefits: We believe everyone at Shakepay should benefit from building a generational company, so every shaker owns stock options
- Get paid in bitcoin: You can choose to take a percentage of your salary in bitcoin. Whether you opt for some or none, the choice to be paid in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known is yours
- Remote friendly: With a flexible schedule, you can work on your own time, from home or anywhere. And if you're close by, you’re welcome to work in our Montreal or Toronto offices whenever you want. Being a remote-first company is awesome, but there’s value in spending time with your teammates and deepening these bonds. So, each shaker is entitled to 15 days of travel and accommodation to any Canadian city each year, covered by Shakepay
- Generous vacation: Time off is essential, and we highly encourage it. We trust you to take as much as you need, when you need it. Every team member is expected to take at least 20 days of vacation each year. To help make sure you do, after taking 20 days, shakers receive a $1,000 bonus to put towards their next vacation
- Insurance coverage: We offer health, dental, paramedical, disability, life, and travel coverage so you're always at your best. On top of our insurance coverage, all shakers also get access to a health and wellness spending account
- Personal development: It's a marathon, not a sprint. We're here to help you define and hit your personal career goals so that you can get where you want to be. To support our team, every shaker gets a $2,000 yearly budget to spend on learning and development
- Working from home: Working from home should be comfortable. Every shaker gets $1,200 to spruce up their home office and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
- Self-sovereignty: The path to self-sovereignty means being in full control of your coins. We offer a budget for shakers to get a self-hosted wallet and to build a self-hosted node
Company HQ
Golden Square Mile, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Jean Amiouny
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at Booz & Company, before moving on to co-found White Payments - which was subsequently acquired by Payfort.
Roy Breidi
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding Shakepay in 2016, Roy was a Technology Associate at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering.
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