Senior Software Developer, Data Governance

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the team

The Data Governance team is responsible for creating and managing the tooling that safe guards, monitors and governs our data across our business. This is an exciting new team that’s emerging due to the increased business emphasis of ensuring a highly reliable, secure and performant data infrastructure.

About the role

As a Senior Software Developer on the newly formed Data Governance team, you will have the opportunity to flex your technical muscle working end-to-end across the entire stack. You’ll drive the execution and best practices on impactful tools and initiatives to better protect protect our clients data and create cutting edge systems to power that mission. Through deep cross-functional collaboration, you’ll deliver on impactful implementations such as our Data Mapping initiative or BigID migration, keeping our client’s data as secure as possible and driving the future of secure, Canadian banking!

There are many skills sets and profiles which could be impactful in this role, so if you do not feel you are an exact match for the profile below, don’t let that keep you from applying. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and look forward to meeting you!

• Develop company wide tooling such as our cutting edge internal Data Access Request Portal that helps us move toward our goal of creating a singular, seamless and fully automated access request platform in one singular layer
• Steward the release of new tooling and design processes for data mapping initiatives company wide, and mentor adopters of the platform
• Drive us toward improving processes around data retention, data deletion requests, sensitive data identification and more
• Partner with Data, Security and Infrastructure to help develop our strategy and tooling around data observability and monitoring
• Collaborate cross-functionally with all areas of the business, developing software that impacts the front-end, back-end and infrastructure from concept to release

• Experience across front-end, back-end and infrastructure. You don’t need to be an expert in all but have the ability to communicate technically across each team. Bonus points for working in Data Platform or Security Engineering!
• Proficiency with any of the tech we use and work with in this role: Python/Flask, React, SQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, Satori Cyber, K8s, DataHub, DataDog, Splunk, or similar technologies
• End-to-end delivery of highly scalable, performant software
• Knowledge of industry best practices and tooling in data security and governance, and the passion to coach and mentor multiple departments of these areas
• A collaborative and open approach to communication: you are experienced in delivering clear, concise and solution-focused messages, that are easily understood by a cross-discipline team

Please note, the questions on our application form are to attract a diverse pool of candidates. If you don't have all the experience we've asked for, please don't be discouraged, we would still love to hear from you!

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively 

🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year 

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.