Senior Platform Engineer, Infrastructure
Senior Platform Engineer, Infrastructure
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About Float
Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow so they can focus on what matters most: growth.
As one of Canadas fastest growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023 Float is customer-obsessed passionate and entrepreneurial with a team that includes leaders from Uber Shopify Top Hat TouchBistro and Ada.
At Float everyone is an owner bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision-making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.
Our Product
Float is Canadas complete business finance platform combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend save and grow. Trusted by 4000 Canadian companies Float provides high-limit corporate cards automated expense management next-day bill payments high-yield accounts and fast friendly supportall built in Canada for Canada. Float is backed by world-class venture and fintech investors including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures partners behind our $70 million Series B raise.
Our team is a collection of ambitious collaborative and mission-driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And were looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.
About the Role
The Senior Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing building and maintaining Floats cloud infrastructure and developer platform to ensure high performance scalability and security. This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering DevOps and developer experience with a strong emphasis on automation reliability and operational excellence.
What Youll Do
Build and maintain a robust and efficient infrastructure by designing deploying and managing services such as ECS EKS and RDS.
Enhance and maintain the continuous integration and delivery pipelines to improve developer productivity deployment speed and system stability.
Participate in the design and development of a world-class IDP that empowers the engineering organization with self-service infrastructure tooling and standardized workflows.
Enhance operational efficiency by developing and implementing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with stringent controls over infrastructure creation and modification.
Ensure compliance with cloud security best practices by implementing and enforcing security measures across AWS environments and containerized applications.
Optimize cloud infrastructure performance availability and reliability through continuous monitoring and targeted improvements.
Maintain adherence to AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices by effectively managing and troubleshooting cloud resources.
Identify and mitigate potential risks through regular security assessments vulnerability scans and threat modeling.
Develop and maintain comprehensive security policies procedures and incident response plans tailored to cloud and container environments that also support various regulatory and compliance regimes (Such as PCI-DSS 4.0 and SOC2).
Integrate cloud infrastructure and security best practices into development workflows by collaborating closely with engineering and operations teams.
Provide valuable input on design and application security by participating in architecture reviews and acting as a trusted partner for our stakeholders.
Stay current with industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in AWS cloud infrastructure and security.
About You
Heres what sets you up for success at Float:
You Put Customers First Always. You care deeply about delivering meaningful value. Whether youre building internal systems or customer-facing features youre always thinking about how to make life better for our users.
You Act Like an Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes step up to challenges and seek solutions proactivelydoing whats best for the business not just your role.
You Think Big and Move Fast. Youre energized by building from 0 to 1. Youre not afraid to challenge the status quo experiment quickly and learn as you go.
You Constantly Learn and Grow. Youre hungry to improve your craft and open to feedback. You bring a growth mindset to everything you do.
You Raise the Bar. You care about doing things well and efficiently. You balance speed with rigor and always look for ways to improve how we work.
You Win as a Team. Youre a generous collaborator who values communication context and shared wins. You lift others up and help make the team stronger.
In addition to living our values...
Youre an owner. You love a challenge and take great satisfaction in tackling them head on. You love being a pioneer and taking on any task (big or small) and driving it through to completion. You are also comfortable making independent decisions and following your instincts to be able to move quickly.
Youre able to explain complex problems in simple terms. As youll be communicating your requirements to different stakeholders your ability to present a solution in an understandable way is vital.
You have solid technical skills. Strong skills in Infrastructure Cloud technologies development and infrastructure security the current threat landscape and vulnerability management are crucial. Understanding of operational security and development practices is an asset.
You understand the business context. Youll be more effective if you understand how your role supports the business and where you can influence the vision and strategy of Float.
Youre comfortable with a fast-paced environment. Float is a dynamic environment and things can change quickly. You should be flexible and able to adapt to changes as they occur.
You have a strategic mindset. You act in the now but plan for the future. You see where our platform needs to go put a plan in place and proactively drive that change.
You can balance attention to detail and strategic thinking. While its important to delve into the details of your data its equally important to keep the big picture in mind.
You ruthlessly prioritize. You will have multiple responsibilities and projects. Being able to effectively manage your workload and meet deadlines is crucial.
Youre eager to continue your own learning. Scrappy and voracious you want to know the why behind every answer. You love to have healthy debates with fellow developers and colleagues about the product.
This may not be the role for you if...
Youre not extremely detail oriented
You are not open to a hybrid role
You arent a self-starter and dont like to work independently
Youre not comfortable wearing multiple hats
You dont like change and adapting to new ways of doing things
You arent comfortable with ambiguity
You arent able to translate technical jargon into simple language
You lack patience for iterative work
You want detailed to-dos for your tasks and projects
Youre not keen on learning new things
You dont have strong stakeholder management skills
You dont like regular feedback on your work
Why You Should Join
Work at one of Canadas fastest-growing fintech companies
Make a real impact in a high-autonomy high-growth role
Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team
Competitive compensation equity options and benefits
Hybrid work model we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration
Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday and Wednesday
Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office
Thrive in a high-trust high-performance culture where your work truly matters
In Short
At Float youll thrive if youre bold curious and eager to make a real impact. Were building something specialand having a lot of fun along the way. If youre excited to build grow and win together wed love to meet you.
Were committed to building a workplace thats welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float just let us know! You can reach out to Vic () and well work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
