Job Opportunity: DevOps Engineer at Wave

Company Overview

At Wave, we believe that small businesses are at the heart of our communities, and championing them is worth fighting for. We empower small business owners to manage their finances fearlessly by offering the simplest all-in-one financial management solution they can't live without.

Position Overview

DevOps Engineers at Wave bridge the gap between operations and product development, empowering teams to make informed infrastructure decisions and ensuring the application of industry best practices and the highest security standards. Our team focuses on solving infrastructure challenges, maintaining essential tools, and driving our DevOps enablement program. Following a successful infrastructure modernization, we’re advancing cloud-based developer environments for a fully cloud-native experience.

Here’s How You Make an Impact

• Champion Infrastructure Reliability: Ensure the robustness, security, and scalability of our infrastructure by proactively identifying and resolving potential issues before they impact our services.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with product teams to refine and optimize deployment pipelines, reducing friction and increasing deployment frequency while maintaining high standards of security and quality.
• Innovate in Cloud-Based Development: Spearhead the development and refinement of cloud-native developer environments, enabling engineers to innovate faster and more efficiently within a fully integrated cloud ecosystem.
• Optimize Performance and Cost Efficiency: Analyze and improve the performance of our systems, ensuring our services remain fast, secure, and cost-effective as we scale, while continuously seeking opportunities to optimize cloud spending.
• Contribute to Strategic Projects: Participate in and sometimes lead critical projects, such as system migrations or architecture redesigns, that shape the future of our infrastructure and development practices.

You Thrive Here By Possessing the Following

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure role, with a strong focus on cloud environments.
• Proficiency with AWS, including hands-on experience with services like EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, and VPCs.
• Solid experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, including deploying and managing containerized applications in production environments.
• Expertise with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible for automating infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like CircleCI and ArgoCD.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and familiarity with database migration, optimization, and backup strategies within cloud environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana) and logging systems (e.g., Sumo Logic, Sentry) to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Strong understanding of security principles, including least privilege policies, network security, and data protection in a cloud environment.
• Experience in monitoring and optimizing cloud costs, focusing on making infrastructure both performance and cost-effective.
• Ability to quickly identify and resolve technical issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless operations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA, and product managers.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing technical landscapes in a fast-paced environment.

Certifications (Preferred)

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA)
• Other relevant certifications.

Why Work at Wave?

• Work From Where You Work Best: Whether you prefer our welcoming office in Toronto or the comfort of your home, the choice is yours.
• We Care About Future You: You’ll have opportunities for growth supported by diverse learning experiences, educational allowances, mentorship, and more.
• We Support the Full You: We invest seriously in your health and wellness, considering body, mind, and soul.
• We Take Care of the Fundamentals: Enjoy fair compensation, office perks, and various goodies typical of a growing tech company.

Our Culture

We believe that a diverse and inclusive culture creates the best workplace. We embrace our differences, value individuality, and the broad spectrum of every Waver's skills and abilities. We challenge each other from a place of respect and continuous growth. Trust is key; everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Wave has been continuously recognized as one of Canada's Top Ten Most Admired Corporate Cultures and one of Canada’s Great Places to Work in various categories, including Technology, Millennials, Mental Health, Inclusion, and Women.

Are You Ready to Be a Waver? Join Us!