Senior Software Developer, Book of Record (Core Balances)

Wealthsimple
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 152,000 - 189,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Production ownership","Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Attention to detail"]

Own and evolve backend services that power real-time balances, reservations, and financial activity for Wealthsimple’s Core Balances team. Work on systems with strict correctness, low latency, and high availability requirements, including production operations, architecture consolidation, and failure isolation. Collaborate closely with Product and neighboring engineering teams to translate complex financial logic into reliable experiences for clients, while raising quality through reviews and production ownership.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple
6 hours ago

Senior Software Developer, Book of Record (Core Balances)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 5 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Own and evolve backend services that power real-time balances, reservations, and financial activity for Wealthsimple’s Core Balances team. Work on systems with strict correctness, low latency, and high availability requirements, including production operations, architecture consolidation, and failure isolation. Collaborate closely with Product and neighboring engineering teams to translate complex financial logic into reliable experiences for clients, while raising quality through reviews and production ownership.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and operate backend services powering real-time balances, reservations, and financial activity.
  • •Own end-to-end scope from technical design through reliable production operations.
  • •Solve hard problems in real-time correctness, low latency, and high availability (including event consumers and database contention).
  • •Evolve architecture by consolidating overlapping services/data models and establishing a single entry point for financial activity.
  • •Improve engineering quality and operational excellence through design, code reviews, and mentoring engineers.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 152,000 - 189,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsurancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating critical production systems.
  • •Strong backend engineering skills in system design, reliability, and trade-offs.
  • •Experience building low-latency, highly available services under real load.
  • •Proven production ownership with calm, methodical incident response.
  • •Strong software quality habits (well-tested, maintainable, observable code) and effective cross-team communication.
Experience:5+ yearsFintech
Skills:Production ownershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingAttention to detail
Tech Stack:KotlinKafkaGraphQLJavaJVMFlinkApollo FederationKubernetesPostgres

Company Brief

Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple is a Canadian fintech offering automated investing, savings, tax filing, crypto trading, and cash accounts with a focus on low-cost, user-friendly financial services for retail customers.
Industry: Wealth Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Headquarters: Toronto, Canada
Founded: 2014
WebsiteLinkedIn