Senior Software Developer, Reliability

CapIntel; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading wealthtech company in Toronto is looking for a Senior Software Developer to enhance the reliability of their platform. The ideal candidate will create automated tests and internal tools to ensure system resilience and work closely with various teams. This full-time role is ideal for those with strong development skills in TypeScript and a passion for observability and automation.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build scalable maintainable codebases.
• Hands-on experience building systems that surface reliability data.
• Skilled in creating synthetic tests or test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement internal tools for reliability checks.
• Create synthetic tests to validate system health.
• Build features that analyze logs and metrics.
• Partner with teams to investigate failures.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams on reliability.

Skills

Software development skills

Observability expertise

Automation expertise

Understanding of SRE principles

Analytical mindset

Collaboration and communication

Tools

TypeScript

AWS

GitHub Actions

DataDog

Terraform

Job description

Since launching in 2019 CapIntel has been on a mission to provide magical financial moments for all : investors wealth professionals and our customers.

Our innovative proposal generation platform transforms how financial professionals compare discuss and present investment options empowering clients to make informed decisions. We pride ourselves on revolutionizing an outdated process with a product thats adopted 4x more than previous solutions. One executive called CapIntel the most intuitive platform Ive used in almost 20 years in financial services.

As one of Canadas fastest-growing wealthtech companies CapIntel is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Our relentless commitment to innovation drives us to build a dynamic team strengthening our ability to impact the wealth industry landscape in 2025 and beyond.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Software Developer to take ownership of reliability within our Platform this role you will design and build the internal tools that keep our systems resilient measurable and dependable.

By creating frameworks for automated checks observability and reliability testing you will give our teams the confidence to move quickly without sacrificing stability. This is an opportunity to shape how we approach reliability as we scale ensuring that our software consistently delivers at the level our clients expect.

What You’ll Do

• Build reliability tooling : Design and implement internal tools that automate reliability checks and support testing of critical user journeys.
• Develop automated probes : Create and maintain synthetic tests that replicate client workflows to validate system health across environments.
• Enhance observability : Build features that surface and interpret logs metrics and traces to expose RED (Rate Error Duration) metrics for product features.
• Promote reliability standards : Embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs) Objectives (SLOs) and Agreements (SLAs) into engineering practices and align them with non-functional requirements.
• Analyze and improve : Partner with development teams to investigate failures identify root causes and evolve our processes to reduce recurrence and improve MTTR and MTBF.
• Collaborate across functions : Work closely with Architects Developers Product Managers and the Platform Team to ensure reliability insights are actionable and transparent.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong software development skills : Proven ability to build scalable maintainable codebases ideally with experience in TypeScript test automation frameworks GitHub Actions and AWS.
• Observability expertise : Hands‑on experience building systems that surface actionable reliability data through logs metrics and traces.
• Automation expertise : Skilled in creating probes synthetic tests or internal test frameworks that simulate real‑world usage scenarios.
• Understanding of SRE principles : Knowledge of RED metrics SLIs SLOs and SLAs and how they connect to business outcomes.
• Analytical mindset : Ability to turn raw system data into clear actionable insights that drive reliability improvements.
• Collaboration and communication : Comfortable working across engineering and business teams to align on goals and share findings effectively.

Bonus Experience

• Designed tools or frameworks that directly improve reliability including automation or monitoring (e.g. DataDog).
• Built or maintained reliable cloud infrastructure using AWS and Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools (e.g. Terraform CDK).
• Familiarity with incident management postmortems and continuous improvement practices.

The Interview Process

• 30‑minute interview with Talent Acquisition
• 60‑minute technical interview with two members of Engineering leadership.
• 60‑minute experience deep dive with the Director of Platform Engineering.

Not Sure You Meet Every Requirement

We know that what matters most is a great attitude a hunger to learn and a drive to deliver high‑quality work. While experience is valuable we also understand that careers dont always follow a straight youre excited about this role but not sure you meet every requirement we encourage you to apply!

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Visit our Careers Page to learn more about what its like to work here including the virtues that guide us and the perks and benefits designed to help you thrive. Were proud to be a team where respect trust and collaboration drive everything we do. At CapIntel we challenge and elevate each other because we know that true impact happens when exceptional people work together toward a common goal. Wed love for you to be part of our journey!

What’s Important to Us

CapIntel believes that all dimensions of diversity are a strength and that we have a role to play in actively reducing and eliminating systemic barriers to employment equity. We believe in equal employment opportunities regardless of race ethnicity language genetic information creed religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family and marital status neurodivergence national origin and age. We cultivate an inclusive workplace where people excel based on personal merit qualification experience ability and job performance.

Employment Type

Full Time

Required Experience

Senior IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Vacancy

1

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