About the company
Our mission is to democratize finance for all. We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. The Backend Platform team’s mission is to enable fast, safe, and reliable backend development at scale.
Responsibilities
- You define and lead large-scale initiatives that improve backend development systems, including frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries
- You design long-term technical solutions that support scalability, reliability, and maintainability across backend services
- You guide the evolution of core tooling such as static analysis, formatting systems, and service scaffolding used across the codebase
- You partner with engineering teams such as infrastructure, security, and product engineering to plan and execute platform improvements
- You mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that improves code quality, system design, and development practices
Requirements
- You have extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python
- You have deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC or comparable systems in Go
- You have experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling (Bazel, etc), or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams
- You have demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams
- You are committed to improving developer workflows, system quality, and maintainability through thoughtful design
Conditions
- This role is based in our Toronto office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
- Top tier benefits including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
- Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible employer-paid benefits spending account
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces
- Monthly commuter stipend