About the job
About Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple aims to make financial independence accessible for everyone by offering clear, affordable, and transparent financial services. As a leading Canadian fintech, the company serves over 3 million clients and manages more than $100 billion in assets. The team values innovation, ownership, and a strong focus on user experience.
Learn more about the Culture Manual and work environment at Wealthsimple.
Team Overview: Platform Experience
The Platform Experience team connects Platform and Product engineering, making it possible for product teams to ship reliable code. Team members work side by side with developers to tackle production issues and drive improvements that support Wealthsimple’s reliability goals. The group focuses on protecting essential workflows, reducing the time it takes to detect and resolve incidents, and applying lessons learned to prevent future problems. This work strengthens client trust in the platform.
Role Overview: Senior Software Developer
This Senior Software Developer position reports to the Software Development Manager. The role involves working with experienced developers to improve reliability across Wealthsimple’s products. Responsibilities include taking ownership of major components and services, collaborating with product teams to solve production challenges, and contributing to foundational platform elements. The work spans the full technology stack and helps maintain high standards for security, reliability, and user experience.
What You Will Do
- Work directly with product engineers to troubleshoot and resolve production issues, designing solutions to prevent them from happening again.
- Take full responsibility for system components, with an emphasis on reliability and maintainability.
- Develop and improve platform tools and frameworks that help all engineers deliver reliable solutions.
- Collaborate with Platform, Product, and Data teams to align technical decisions with client needs.
- Help define technical standards and best practices for development at Wealthsimple.
Location
This is a remote role open to candidates based in Canada.

