Staff Engineer

Calgary, Remote. Posted 5 months ago

The role

You will design and maintain scalable, secure software architectures. You will implement best practices, use AI to streamline processes, and mentor others to bridge the gap between current and future systems.

What you will do

Design and maintain scalable, secure software architectures aligned with business goals
Introduce and implement best practices around OO, DDD, and microservices
Use AI to streamline processes and reduce friction
Implement and enforce coding standards and best practices
Conduct regular code reviews
Facilitate clear communication between development teams, product managers, and stakeholders
Use application, third-party, and data warehouse data to solve problems
Participate in agile development process including sprint planning, story grooming, and standups
Champion SDLC and secure coding practices

Required qualifications

6+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails
Mastery of solid coding principles, domain-driven design, performant code and queries, unit and integration testing
Experience leading projects involving scale, concurrency, queuing, background processing, and efficient ingestion of third-party data
Security mindset including OWASP, secure development, and SOC-2 processes
Experience deploying resources outside of app dev (AWS, RDS, queues, serverless)
Track record of using AI to simplify workflows
Strong data engineering skills including complex SQL queries and ETL
Comfortable working across data warehouse and analytics tooling

Benefits

Permanently Remote
Flexible Time Off with a maximum of 5 weeks vacation
Medical, vision, and dental benefits from the first day
Increased mental health coverage
Wellness stipend
Inclusive parental leave top-up
Earned wage access
Real time market data for salaries

About the company

ZayZoon is a financial empowerment platform that helps businesses provide financial wellness services like earned wage access. The company was recognized in the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500.