Staff Software Engineer

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.

Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you're the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future.

We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

Imagine shaking your phone to instantly earn bitcoin. Our customers might think it’s magic, but if you’re reading this you probably know that it’s not (or is it?). It’s our stellar dev team that makes it happen. That shaking idea started as a secret easter‑egg for our fledgling customer base, and once word got out about it, we suddenly had to deal with service outages from too many people shaking at the same time.

We’ve since solved that problem, and now with over one million shakers (aka “customers”), it’s a core part of our identity – not the shaking, but the idea that we came up with something new and exciting in the slow and boring world of financial services. We’re looking for a senior software engineer to help us reimagine how Canadians build wealth and think about what they can do with their money. Unique ideas and the knowledge and determination to make them a reality: that’s the real magic.

Oh yeah, we’re a bitcoin platform. We’ve got a one‑of‑a‑kind community of shakers that keeps on growing, regardless of how the crypto market is doing. They love Shakepay almost as much as they love bitcoin, which says something. To the Bitcoin Golden Age!

• Participate in building financial products of the future
• Write high quality, well‑tested, production level code (even when Cursor suggests otherwise)
• Participate in code reviews
• Collaborate on setting a tech vision for the company
• Participate in on‑call rotations for your team

• 10+ years working experience as a software engineer
• Be comfortable working across the tech stack
• Killer video‑call hangout backgrounds
• Experience with Node.js, Typescript, React‑Native, Postgres, Docker, Datadog
• Experience with building financial apps
• Bitcoin knowledge
• The secret password to the Cave of Wonders… we think it’s “don’t trust, verify” or something like that
• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that's revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.