Join our small, fiery team on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.

About Shakepay

Shakepay is reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake, by making it bitcoin-friendly, secure, and rewarding. When Shakepay launched in 2015, it quickly became one of Canada’s fastest-growing financial institutions. Backed by top venture funds having raised $44M+ and trusted by over one million Canadians and counting. People who choose careers at Shakepay are helping shape a future of financial freedom, opportunity, and prosperity for all Canadians.

Software Engineer, Crypto

Bitcoin, the soundest money ever created, is making its way to worldwide adoption. Shakepay has been the on-ramp of choice for many Canadians. Today, we want to do more. The applications around bitcoin are evolving, and Shakepay is reinventing how Canadians interact with money. We are looking for a Senior of Staff Software Engineer to join us to shape the future of money in an internet-native world.

You will

• Drive the product vision for crypto at Shakepay
• Lead the engineering effort around crypto features
• Write high quality, well-tested, production level code
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and team discussions
• Collaborate on setting a tech vision for the company

Must have

• 5+ years working experience as a software engineer
• 2+ years working as Product Manager or Product Engineer
• Be comfortable working across the tech stack
• Knowledge of the inner-workings of bitcoin and ethereum
• Killer video-call hangout backgrounds

Nice to have

• Experience with Node.js, React-Native, Vue, Postgres, Docker
• Experience with building financial apps
• Ability to be-friend the AI in the event of a robot uprising

Why join? 

• Be part of a groundbreaking journey: you’ll live on the frontier of financial innovation. Bitcoin is rewriting the rules, and Shakepay is at the forefront.
• Impact and scale: with only 2% of Canadians on Shakepay, the potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Rewarding benefits: we offer competitive compensation (every shaker owns stock options), benefits (health, dental, paramedical, disability, etc), and generous vacation time.
• Embrace continuous learning: ambitious individuals with an insatiable thirst for knowledge will feel at home. Working at Shakepay means you’ll be working in an environment that encourages constant growth and development.
• Get paid in bitcoin: choose to take a percentage of your salary in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known.
• Work remote: work from anywhere in Canada. If you’re in Montreal or Toronto, you can also work from our offices.

We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you’re eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background and life experience. We’re firm believers that a little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept.

Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.