Software Engineer

Braid; Canada; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct collaboration with founders

Autonomy and trust in your work

Opportunity to impact company trajectory

Job summary

A fintech innovation company in Canada is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of critical backend services for their core platform. This role requires 5+ years of experience in software development, particularly in Java and AWS, along with a strong ownership mindset. You will work closely with founders and customers to ensure system reliability and impact the technical trajectory of the company. Joining this close-knit team allows you to directly influence projects from conception to production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Expertise in Java and AWS ecosystem.
• Experience in designing reliable distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy robust microservices.
• Own critical backend systems and ensure their reliability.
• Collaborate directly with founders and customers.

Skills

Java (Spring Boot preferred)

AWS ecosystem

System design

Collaborative skills

Ownership mindset

Job description

Braid's mission is todemocratize fintech innovation.We provide community banks and credit unions with the technology platform they need tocompete, innovate, and leadin today's financial economy. We are building a secure, reliable, and scalable core banking and payment platform from the ground up.

We are a small, close-knit team of passionate builders who value extreme ownership, resourcefulness, and direct collaboration. You will work alongside the founders and have a direct line to our customers, seeing the immediate impact of your work.

The Opportunity

As a foundational Senior Software Engineer, you will own the design, development, and deployment of critical services within our core backend platform. You will tackle complex challenges in distributed systems, data consistency, and high-volume transaction processing. This is a rare opportunity to shape our technology, culture, and product from the early stages.

What You'll Do

• Design & Build:Architect, develop, and deploy robust, scalable, and secure microservices.
• Own Systems:Take full ownership of critical backend systems—from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and operations. We live and breatheextreme ownership.
• Ensure Reliability:Build for "five-nines" reliability in a financial context. Implement comprehensive observability, alerting, and fault-tolerant patterns.
• Collaborate Directly:Work hand-in-hand with the founders, product, and directly with enterprise customers to translate complex requirements into elegant technical solutions.
• Mentor & Elevate:Contribute to a culture of technical excellence by reviewing code, sharing knowledge, and helping to shape our engineering practices as we grow.

What We're Looking For

• Proven Experience:5+ years of professional software development with a deep expertise inJava(Spring Boot preferred) and theAWS ecosystem(e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM).
• System Design Mastery:A track record of designing, building, and maintainingcomplex, scalable, and highly reliable distributed systems. Experience infintech, payments, or a heavily regulated space (banking, healthcare) is a huge plus.
• Ownership Mindset:You areresourcefuland proactive. You don't just write code; you see problems, own outcomes, and drive solutions from conception to production.
• Quality & Reliability:You write clean, testable code and are passionate about patterns that ensure system resilience.
• Team Player:You thrive in aclose-knit, collaborative environment. You communicate clearly, give and receive feedback constructively, and are invested in the team's collective success.

Why Join Us?

• Foundational Impact:Be a key architect of our core platform. Your work will define our technical trajectory.
• Unmatched Access:Work directly with founders and customers. See your code's direct impact on the business.
• Ownership & Growth:We provide autonomy and trust. Your influence will extend far beyond code.