Senior Software Developer, Wealthsimple
Database Infrastructure
CA$151.2-189k
+ Equity
Professional investing services made simple
Job no longer available
Professional investing services made simple
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$151.2-189k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone achieve financial freedom.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone who thinks big, sweats the small stuff and keeps things simple
- 6+ years of hands-on administration experience in production environments for at least two of: Redshift, Snowflake, PostgreSQL
- Strong experience in Python development
- Strong understanding of database internals, optimization, and performance tuning
- Experience with high-availability deployments and disaster recovery strategies
- Knowledge of database security best practices and compliance requirements
- Experience with database monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting
- Solid understanding of indexing strategies, query optimization, and execution plans
- Familiarity with Terraform and GitHub
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and database change management tools
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience with cost optimization operations, especially within AWS
- Experience with financial technology systems and related compliance requirements
- Experience with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
- Knowledge of additional databases beyond the ones listed above
- Contributions to open-source database projects or tools
- Familiarity with data observability and visualization tools (Preset, Datadog, etc.)
What the job involves
- The Data Foundation team is part of Platform Engineering org in Wealthsimple. The team consists of talented software developers and database admins/developers and is divided into three sub-teams: Data Stores, Data Integrations, and Data Streaming.We're looking for an experienced Senior Software Developer to join our Data Stores team
- In this role, you'll be responsible for architecting, maintaining, and administrating our primary analytics data warehouses on Redshift & Snowflake
- In addition, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure excellence of operation for our fleet of RDS Aurora Postgres DBs.These data stores collectively power critical financial operations and client data, and a successful candidate will work closely with our Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to optimize database performance, ensure data integrity, and implement scalable solutions as we continue to grow
- A successful candidate is expected to have deep technical expertise in at least one of these Database technologies and the aptitude and inclination to learn the rest
- Design, implement, and maintain database infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments
- Monitor database performance and implement optimizations to improve query efficiency
- Develop and maintain backup/recovery procedures and ensure data integrityImplement and manage database security measures, including access controls and encryption
- Develop applications to orchestrate and automate the management, monitoring, and maintenance of fleets of production databases
- Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize database schemas and queries
- Provide guidance on database best practices and participate in code reviews
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for database architecture and procedures
- Participate in on-call rotation for database-related issues
Our take
Wealthsimple is one of a crop of robo-advisors trying to democratise investment management. These companies are disrupting the industry by automating many of the processes involved in investment, removing the need for human advisors.
But while other so-called robo-advisors are focused on courting the high end of the market, Wealthsimple is trying to provide the same types of tools and advice to all users, regardless of the amount they have to invest.
Wealthsimple does have higher fees than some other robo-advisors such as Betterment and Charles Schwab. However, the company believes that it provides a more user-friendly platform, tailored to millennials who will be attracted to Wealthsimple due to its ease of use and social impact offerings.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2025
$403.4m
LATE VC
May 2021
$550m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Retirement savings matching plan through Wealthsimple Work
- Company equity for full-time employees
- Access to Premium Client perks, including personal finance learning & advice and a boosted interest rate on deposits
- Paid parental leave (6 months topped up to 100% of salary)
- 20 vacation days per year
- 90 Days Away program
- Top-tier health benefits
- Life & disability insurance
- Generous sick and mental health days
- Employee resource plan including services like RMT, psychology, and physiotherapy
- Up to $5,000 per year for mental health supports
- Gender Affirmation benefits
- Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
- Up to $1,500 per year for wellness and home office expenses
- Employee resource groups
- Social impact hours
Company HQ
Fashion District, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Katchen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and then at Ancestry.com as Country Director for Canada.
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