Software Engineer, Infrastructure

$110K - $160K CADToronto, ON, CA Job type Full-time Role Engineering, Devops Experience 1+ years Visa US citizenship/visa not required

About the role

About Bree Bree is a consumer finance platform that brings better, faster, and cheaper financial services to over half the Canadian population who live paycheck to paycheck. We operate in a huge, but overlooked market in a country with the least amount of financial technology innovation in the developed world. Our first act is to become the cheapest and best provider of short-term credit to the 20 million people in Canada who live paycheck to paycheck. More than 800,000 Canadians have already signed up with Bree and we believe we are just scratching the surface. We are in an exciting place where we have product market fit, explosive growth, and a clear path to becoming one of the most important FinTechs in Canada. We are at 8-figures of annualized revenue, growing double-digit monthly, profitable, and have had zero voluntary employee churn. We were part of Y Combinator in 2021 and raised a $2M seed round shortly after. About the Role We are looking for a Software Engineer, Infrastructure to ensure our data-intensive systems' reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure solutions that ensure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of data-intensive systems.
• Identify, prioritize, and eliminate technical debt by refactoring code and improving system architecture for long-term efficiency and performance.
• Optimize PostgreSQL databases for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and capacity planning.
• Implement and enforce best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation to achieve consistent and automated deployments.
• Establish robust monitoring and alerting solutions with Grafana/Datadog to ensure proactive detection and resolution of performance bottlenecks and system issues.
• Drive improvements in system observability, including metrics, logging, and tracing, to enable data-driven decision-making and incident response.

What You'll Need

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience building scalable, reliable, and maintainable infrastructure systems.
• Expertise in serverless architecture using AWS Lambda or similar frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Pulumi, Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python , Go , or JavaScript/TypeScript .
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Grafana and Datadog for metrics , logging ,and alerting .
• Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosing and resolving infrastructure issues.
• Experience refactoring systems to address technical debtand improve maintainability.
• Effective communicationand collaboration skills for cross-team projects.
• Commitment to staying updated on trends in cloud infrastructureand machine learning.

Skills mentioned:

• Infrastructure design & implementation
• Technical debt refactoring & system architecture improvement
• PostgreSQL optimization (query optimization , indexing strategies)
• Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi , Terraform , AWS CloudFormation)
• Monitoring & alerting (Grafana / Datadog)
• System observability (metrics/logging/tracing)
• Serverless architecture (AWS Lambda or similar)
• Programming languages: Python , Go , JavaScript/TypeScript
• Troubleshooting infrastructure issues

Remote work / Visa requirements:

US citizenship/visa not required

Additional info:

Youre Excited About This Role Because...

• Youll contribute to cutting-edge infrastructure for data-intensive systems that support Canadian consumers.
• Youre passionate about leveraging advanced technologies to build scalableand efficient platforms.
• Youll play a key role in optimizingand maintaining systems critical to the companys success.
• Youll be part of a fast-growing team shaping the future of infrastructure at an innovative company.
• Youll have the opportunity to drive impactful changes that enable rapid growthand scalability.
• Youre excited to collaborate on transformative solutions for reliability,maintainability,and scalability.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:  💰Top of the market compensation for top performers ⚕️Comprehensive health,dental,and vision benefits plan 🖥 $1,500 annual learning & home-office stipend 🧘🏼 $1,000 annual wellness stipend 🍔 Monthly Lunch Stipend 🚗 Commuter Benefits 🚼Paid Parental leave 🏝20 annual PTO days + unlimited sick days 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities