About the job
At Shakepay, we are dedicated to leading the charge into the bitcoin golden age. Our goal is to transform financial services to ensure that every Canadian receives their fair shake.
Our vibrant culture thrives on meaningful work, collaborative success, and celebrating achievements. If you are passionate about personal growth, rapid execution, and sharing innovative ideas with a team of like-minded individuals, we invite you to join us in building something remarkable!
About Shakepay
Since our inception in 2015, we have developed the Shakepay app to facilitate fast, easy, and secure bitcoin transactions. In 2022, we introduced the Shakepay Card, enabling users to earn bitcoin rewards while shopping. Currently, over 1.5 million Canadians trust Shakepay to enhance their bitcoin savings and gain control over their financial future.
We operate under regulations across all Canadian provinces and territories and are supported by prominent venture capitalists with funding totaling $44 million. Our community is passionate, loyal, and continuously expanding, and we are seeking individuals eager to contribute to a truly exceptional venture.
About the Platform Team
The Platform team empowers engineering teams at Shakepay by equipping them with the essential tools, infrastructure, and best practices needed for autonomy, productivity, and reliability. As the Platform Engineering Manager, your role will involve ensuring a harmonious balance between rapid delivery and operational excellence.
About the Role
We are in search of an Engineering Manager to lead and develop a team of platform engineers with a focus on Infrastructure, DevOps, and developer experience.
This position entails people leadership, providing technical guidance, and overseeing delivery on platform initiatives that influence every engineering team within Shakepay. You will collaborate closely with engineers, engineering leaders, security, and compliance teams, leading by example and remaining hands-on where necessary to drive technical decisions, facilitate delivery, and ensure our platform evolves alongside both developer and business requirements.
While you don’t need to be an expert in every area, possessing sufficient technical strength to set direction, question assumptions, and make informed trade-offs across DevOps, infrastructure, and reliability is crucial.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead, mentor, and expand a team of platform engineers across Infrastructure, DevOps, and Developer Experience.
- Establish technical direction for platform architecture and guarantee the execution of the roadmap.
- Balance immediate delivery with long-term investments in tooling, infrastructure, and reliability.
- Oversee cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational tools within a regulated environment.
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