Shakepay - Senior Software Engineer, Risk
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Requirements
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer • Strong backend engineering experience building and operating scalable systems • Solid understanding of system design, data flows, and performance optimization • Experience working in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments • Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces with evolving requirements • Strong sense of ownership and focus on business and customer impact • Experience with risk, fraud, AML, or trust & safety systems • Familiarity with technologies like Node.js, Kubernetes, Kafka, Datadog, AWS, or similar • Experience working in fintech or other regulated environments • Interest in Bitcoin and excitement to learn more
Responsibilities
• Build and evolve core risk systems and decisioning infrastructure • Design and implement scalable backend services that support fraud prevention and compliance • Improve data instrumentation and observability to enable accurate risk analysis and reporting • Partner with data, security, compliance, and CS to translate risk insights into effective controls • Iterate on risk rules and frameworks to reduce false positives and false negatives • Contribute to internal tools that support investigations and operational efficiency • Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing • Help define technical direction and best practices for the Risk team • Operate with a strong sense of ownership in a small, high-impact team
Benefits
• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that's revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time. • Help shape the future of money: • Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians. • Impact millions: • Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development. • Grow your career: • Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from. • Ideas, not titles: • 🤝 Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation. • Be an owner • 🥅 Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments. • Reach your goals • 🦷 Health & wellness : Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts. • 🦷 Health & wellness : • 🌎 Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto. • 🌎 Remote-friendly • 🆙 Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth. • Level Up • 🌴 Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus. • 🌴 Time off • 🐣 Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks. • 🐣 Parental leave • 🙌 Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other. • 🙌 Have fun together: • The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $195,000 CAD. Base pay may vary based on factors such as years of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, employees are eligible for equity, pay increases based on performance, benefits including health and dental care, and paid time off. • We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you're eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply. • We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background and life experience. We’re firm believers that a little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept. • Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians. • We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support certain parts of our hiring process. This can include tools that assist with scheduling, application review, candidate communications, and generating interview notes, guides, or summaries so our team can stay focused on the conversation. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.
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