Software Engineer - DevOps

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer – DevOps based in Canada .

Join a globally distributed engineering team building and operating critical infrastructure for a regulated digital asset derivatives exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage platform. In this role, you will combine software engineering and DevOps expertise to strengthen deployment pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure, and improve the reliability of production systems. You will work with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling while contributing to services that support essential trading and settlement operations. The position offers opportunities to work with distributed systems, functional programming, and financial technology in a high-availability environment. Your work will directly support secure releases, operational resilience, and the accuracy of systems responsible for recording financial transactions.

Accountabilities

• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including caching, parallel execution, pinned toolchains, and automated testing and security checks.
• Manage AWS infrastructure through Terraform and operate containerized services using Nomad.
• Develop deployment tools with health checks and automated rollback capabilities, ensuring releases are coordinated safely around market sessions.
• Implement metrics, monitoring, and alerting to assess service health and deployment performance.
• Monitor production systems, respond to alerts, and support operational activities, including daily settlement cycles.
• Investigate production incidents, address root causes, and document findings and improvements.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver reliable features and fixes across exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage services, primarily written in Haskell.
• Develop a thorough understanding of end-to-end order, trade, clearing, and settlement workflows.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience with a functional or strongly typed programming language such as Haskell, Rust, or C++.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Production experience with AWS and Docker, along with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• Strong Linux knowledge and scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Solid computer science fundamentals and understanding of distributed systems, including failure handling, retries, idempotency, consistency, and service observability.
• Willingness to participate in on‑call rotations and operational shifts.
• Strong attention to detail and a rigorous approach to developing software that handles financial transactions.
• Ability to use AI‑assisted development tools thoughtfully, reviewing, testing, and understanding generated output before deployment.
• Analytical thinking, curiosity, and a habit of understanding the underlying cause of problems before implementing changes.
• Calm, methodical decision‑making under pressure, particularly when production systems are live.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work with engineering, operations, risk, and compliance teams and maintain clear documentation.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of financial services, trading, or financial markets.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Nomad or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Nix, Ansible, Vault, Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki.
• Previous experience working with Haskell.

Benefits:

• Annual target salary range of $96,000–$192,000, depending on skills, experience, and role scope.
• Equity participation.
• Eligibility for a bonus program.
• Additional compensation and benefits may include a wellness allowance and, for eligible US‑based employees, medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
• Fully remote, full‑time working arrangement.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a specific deadline is stated.