Staff Software Engineer

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.

Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you're the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future.

We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

Staff Software Engineer

Imagine shaking your phone to instantly earn bitcoin. Our customers might think it’s magic, but if you’re reading this you probably know that it’s not (or is it?). It’s not. It’s our stellar dev team that makes it happen. That shaking idea started as a secret easter-egg for our fledgling customer base, and once word got out about it, we suddenly had to deal with service outages from too many people shaking at the same time.

Of course we’ve since solved that problem, and now with over 1,000,000 shakers (aka “customers''), it’s a core part of our identity—not the shaking, but the idea that we came up with something new and exciting in the slow and boring world of financial services. We’re looking for a staff developer to help us reimagine how Canadians build wealth and think about what they can do with their money. Unique ideas and the knowledge and determination to make them a reality: that’s the real magic.

Totally real Shakepay reviews from the future, after you join:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does Shakepay run on literal magic?

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I thought magic wasn’t real. Using Shakepay changed my mind.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow, it must’ve taken all 3 genie wishes to make this app!

Oh yeah, we’re a bitcoin platform. In fact, Shakepay is the easiest way for Canadians to buy and earn bitcoin. We’ve got a one of a kind community of shakers (aka “customers”) that keeps on growing, regardless of how the crypto market is doing. They love Shakepay almost as much as they love bitcoin, which is really saying something. To the Bitcoin Golden Age!

What You'll Be Doing

• Participate in building financial products of the future
• Foster innovation as you architect products and features while maintaining a high bar for quality, scale, and performance
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and team discussion
• Collaborate on setting a tech vision for the company
• Courageously tackle any question with a "it depends"
• Have an influence across the entire Engineering organization, with correspondingly large impact to customers and the company
• On - call may be required

Who We Are Looking For

• 8+ years working experience as a software developer
• Be comfortable working across the tech stack
• Extensive knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization
• Killer video-call hangout backgrounds
• A healthy resistance to the use of monkey paws

Bonus points

• Experience with Node.js, React-Native, Vue, Postgres, Docker
• Experience with building financial apps
• Some bitcoin knowledge
• The secret password to the Cave of Wonders… we think it’s “open seed phrase” or something like that

Why join us?

• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that's revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• 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.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.

Perks and benefits

• Competitive compensation and stock options: Get rewarded with competitive pay and join our employee stock option plan.
• Health benefits from day 1: Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
• Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• Home office setup: A MacBook, a $1,200 budget for home office improvements, and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses.
• Salary in bitcoin option: Choose to receive your salary in bitcoin – the soundest money to ever exist.
• Team and company offsites: Whether team-specific or company-wide, these events offer a great chance to connect and collaborate in person.

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.

Please note that while all of our roles are remote, we are a Canadian company and will not be sponsoring visas for this position. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be selected.

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.