We believe small businesses are at the heart of our communities, and championing them is worth fighting for. We empower small business owners to manage their finances fearlessly, by offering the simplest, all-in-one financial management solution they can't live without.
DevOps Engineers at Wave bridge the gap between operations and product development,
empowering teams to make informed infrastructure decisions while enabling rapid, reliable, and
secure software delivery that adheres to industry best practices. Our team focuses on solving
infrastructure challenges, maintaining essential tools, and driving our DevOps enablement
program. Following a successful infrastructure modernisation, we’re advancing cloud-based
developer environments to deliver a fully cloud-native experience
Here’s How You Make an Impact:
- Champion Infrastructure Reliability: Ensure the robustness, security, and scalability of our infrastructure by proactively identifying and resolving potential issues before they impact our services.
- Drive Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with product teams to refine and optimise deployment pipelines, reducing friction and increasing deployment frequency while maintaining a high level of security and quality standards.
- Innovate in Cloud-Based Development: Empower teams with scalable, secure, and on- demand development environments that accelerate delivery and enhance developer productivity.
- Optimise Performance and Cost Efficiency: Analyse and improve the performance of our systems, ensuring our services remain fast, secure, and cost-effective as we scale while continuously seeking opportunities to optimise cloud spending.
- Contribute to Strategic Projects: Participate in and sometimes lead critical projects, such as system migrations or architecture redesigns, that shape the future of our infrastructure and development practices.
You Thrive Here By Possessing the Following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, Software Engineer, or Infrastructure role, with a strong focus on cloud environments.
- Cloud Platforms: Proficiency with AWS, including hands-on experience with services like EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Config, and VPCS.
- Containerisation & Orchestration: Solid experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Karpenter, and Helm, including deploying and managing containerised applications in production environments.
- Infrastructure as Code (IAC): Expertise with tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation for automating infrastructure provisioning and management.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Proven experience designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimising CI/CD pipelines using tools like Circleci, GitHub Actions, and Argocd.
- Database Management: Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and familiarity with database migration, optimization, and backup strategies within cloud environments.
- Monitoring & Logging: Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog) and logging systems (e.g., SumoLogic, Sentry) to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Security Best Practices: Strong understanding of security principles, including least privilege policies, network security, encryption, and data protection in a cloud environment.
- Cost Efficiency & Optimization: Proven ability to monitor, analyze, and reduce cloud spend through right-sizing, automation, reserved instance planning, and cost-aware architecture - maintaining a balance between performance, scalability, and financial efficiency.
- Familiarity with Git and version control best practices.
- Solid scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar).
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS).
- Problem-Solving: Ability to quickly identify and resolve technical issues, minimising downtime and ensuring seamless operations.
- Collaboration: Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross- functional teams, including developers and product managers.
- Adaptability: Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing technical landscapes in a fast-paced environment.
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Kubernetes
- Certified Administrator (CKA), or other relevant certifications.
At Wave, you’re treated like the incredible human being you are.
Work From Where You Work Best: We will always have a welcoming, energizing, and world-class office (in Toronto) with a space for you. Or, if you’re more comfortable working from home, the choice is yours.
We Care About Future You: You will stretch yourself and you will grow at Wave. You will also be supported on this journey with diverse learning experiences, educational allowances, mentorship, and so much more.
We Support the Full You: We make a serious investment in your health & wellness. When we think about benefits we think about body, mind, & soul and we take this stuff very seriously.
We Take Care of the Fundamentals: Fair compensation, all the office perks you’d want, and the various goodies you’d expect from a growing tech company. This is the obvious stuff, but we don’t want you to think we forgot!
We believe that a diverse and inclusive culture creates the best workplace. We embrace our differences, value individuality, and the broad spectrum of every Waver's skills and abilities. We challenge each other from a place of respect and pursuit of continuous growth. We trust each other and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work, everyday. As Wavers, our voices matter, our opinions are met with an open mind. The best ideas win, no matter whose they are. Contributing to an inclusive culture is a part of all of our job descriptions.
We’ve been continuously recognized as one of Canada's Top Ten Most Admired Corporate Cultures and one of Canada’s Great Places to Work in categories including Technology, Millennials, Mental Health, Inclusion and Women.
Are you ready to be a Waver? Join us!
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