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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 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 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 Role
As a Sr. Security Developer, Cloud Security, you are a project owner and technical leader. You break down complex customer problems for yourself and others while managing moderate ambiguity and competing priorities. You work autonomously across the full development lifecycle, serve as an empathetic teacher and role model within your team, and take ownership of improvements that reduce toil. You identify gaps, provide regular recommendations to cross-functional partners, and influence technical decisions within your domain. You will contribute to the security of our cloud environments which are primarily in AWS. You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security assurance, application security, and vulnerability management teams.
*We are looking for amazing people to join our team, if you think you are a great fit for the role but don’t hit every single requirement consider reaching out anyway.
*We value diverse educational and professional backgrounds. While the certifications and degrees listed below are preferred, equivalent practical experience and demonstrable skills are highly valued.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with security and engineering leadership to architect and articulate a scalable and resilient vision and roadmap for secure cloud environments that support business objectives.
- Contribute to team rituals, taking ownership of the outcome of your work while ensuring risks and priorities are proactively communicated with stakeholders.
- Develop and implement programs and recommend necessary changes to ensure the company’s systems are fully compliant with all applicable regulatory requirements and privacy laws and future proof against new developments in the industry or potential security incidents.
- Act as a technical subject matter expert for cloud security requirements, initiatives, and escalations. Where necessary, proactively communicate the state of your domain's security posture to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Mentor junior team members, focusing on their growth by fostering a 'people first' environment with clearly stated expectations and robust support to achieve high standards.
- Define key performance indicators, objectives and key results, and metrics to illustrate efficacy of the cloud security program integrating results with Vulnerability Management, Security Assurance, or Security Operations.
What the Successful Candidate Will Bring:
- Courageously Ambitious - they enthusiastically tackle big audacious goals.
- Deeply Human - they understand how to bring the best out of themselves and others.
- Problem Solvers - they have the ability and resilience to tackle complex issues.
Skills and Experience:
- Significant experience (7+ years preferred) as an individual contributor within cybersecurity, DevOps, and cloud security, with a proven history of working cross-functionally and contributing to high-performing teams.
- Technical understanding of cloud, network security, identity, encryption, data protection and API security.
- General knowledge of security frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS, ISO, SOC 2, PCI DSS).
- Functional use of cloud tools (CWPP, CSPM, cloud-native application protection platform, CDN/WAF).
- Familiarity with automation tools (ArgoCD, Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible)
- Proficient in one or more: Terraform, Kafka, Kubernetes, Helm, scripting (Python, JavaScript).
- Experience working in AWS is preferred.
- Previous industry experience in Financial Services is preferred.
Relevant Education and Certifications:
- Preferably one or more security certifications offered by AWS, Google or Microsoft, or GCSA, CKA, CCSP, CCSK
- Preferably a bachelors or higher degree in cybersecurity, software engineering, or a related field
We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis and will be in touch with qualified candidates soon. Please note that our hiring process may slow down a bit during the holiday season
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 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)
💖 Allocated number of Wellness Days that can be scheduled over the course of 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!
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
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.
