Senior Platform Engineer

Who we are:

At Wagepoint, we're good people. It's easy to feel that way when you're surrounded by folks doing the best work of their careers, building great payroll software for small businesses across Canada.

Our team brings together diverse backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and ideas to make payroll the easiest part of running a business.

We're remote-first, growing, and looking for passionate people who don't settle for the first solution or the way it's been done before. We care deeply about our customers and each other, and understand that when it comes to payroll, getting it right matters.

Our values guide how we work and what we expect from one another:

• Cultivate Impact by focusing on what matters most and delivering meaningful outcomes for our customers.

• Unify as One Team by collaborating openly, communicating clearly, and rallying around shared goals.

• Stay Curious and Kind by challenging assumptions, learning quickly, and leading with empathy.

If you want to build the future of payroll in a place where your ideas are welcomed and your contributions matter, look no further!

The role at high level:

We're looking for a talented Senior Platform Engineer who enjoys tackling hard problems and wants to create meaningful impact for small businesses across Canada.

You'll play a critical role in evolving our platform maturity — improving reliability, scalability, developer experience, and security across a growing SaaS environment, acting as a technical leader within Platform Engineering.

This role is well suited for someone who values continuous improvement, enjoys enabling others, and takes pride in making complex infrastructure simple, secure, and reliable. You will report directly to our Platform Engineering Manager.

What you'll be expected to own:

• Design and evolve our Azure architecture while supporting our legacy AWS footprint

• Production ownership of Kubernetes (AKS) clusters, including upgrades, scaling, ingress, and secret management

• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform across multiple environments

• Secure, reliable CI/CD platforms for infrastructure, Kubernetes workloads, serverless services, and database deployments

• Azure and AWS networking design (VNet architecture, segmentation, private endpoints, traffic flow)

• Developer enablement through templates, documentation, and self-service tooling

• Observability: metrics, logs, tracing, and actionable alerting

• Secure access patterns including RBAC, managed identities, and database access controls

• Production incident response and root cause analysis

• Define and improve service reliability standards, including SLOs, SLAs, and resilience design patterns

• SOC audit readiness and secure-by-design practices

• Reducing technical debt and shifting from reactive firefighting to proactive design

• Participate in an on-call rotation

What you bring to the table:

• 6+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering (DevOps, Cloud Architecture, SRE), including at least 2 years in a Platform Engineer capacity

• 2+ years of experience with hands-on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP

• Advanced proficiency in Kubernetes and containerization (Docker, Helm), including managing and optimizing production clusters

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) 

• Experience designing and owning end-to-end CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps and/or GitHub), with GitOps mastery.

• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing solutions using Azure-native tools and OpenTelemetry

• Proven production incident response and leading troubleshooting efforts 

• Experience improving developer productivity through internal tooling and automation

• Strong proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language (e.g., Python, Bash)

• Experience managing production databases (performance, scaling, backups, access control, resilience)

• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and operating in regulated environments (SOC, fintech, payroll, healthcare)

• A systems thinker accountable for production systems, collaborative in approach, and focused on enabling teams through automation and modern tooling.

Bonus points if:

• Azure production experience including compute, storage, networking and serverless services

• Azure and/or AWS certifications

• DevSecOps or SRE experience

• Experience working in a SaaS product company

What we bring to the table:

• Impact: Dig in and directly contribute to Wagepoint’s growth and success.

• Culture: Work alongside a team that genuinely enjoys solving problems together, celebrates wins, supports one another through challenges, and still finds time for the occasional terrible joke.

• Growth: We believe learning is part of the job. We’re committed to helping you Get Better Every Day (a representation of our Stay Curious and Kind value!) by offering professional development, new experiences, and career growth as we continue to evolve.

• Innovation: Curiosity and experimentation encouraged! Bring ideas, challenge assumptions, responsibly utilize AI, and help shape better ways of working.

• Remote: Work from wherever you do your best work. Wagepoint has always been remote-first, giving you flexibility, autonomy, and hopefully a little extra time with the people (and pets) you love.

Ready to join the team? Apply now and help us continue making payroll the easiest part of running a business.

Next steps:

If this sounds like the right fit, we’d love to hear from you! No need for a formal cover letter, just send us your resume and if you’d like, a few lines about what excites you about the opportunity.

If we agree it's a great match, someone from our team will reach out to schedule a call.

Psssst!

In 2026, we were recognized as one of Canada's Best Workplaces for Mental Wellness and Inclusion. That commitment extends to our hiring process, where we strive to create an experience that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive from day one.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, identities, and perspectives, and we're committed to building a workplace where everyone can thrive.

As a remote company, all interviews are conducted virtually. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We're happy to support you!

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

As part of our hiring process, AI-based tools are used to support the initial review of applications. Rest assured, our People Ops team carefully reviews all applications and makes the final decisions on candidate progression.