Sr. DevOps Engineer

Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
URL: http://borrowell.com

Description

About Borrowell

At Borrowell, we’re on a mission to help Canadians feel confident about their money. We empower individuals to take control of their financial futures by providing the tools and insights needed to understand, build, and use their credit effectively.

With over four million members, Borrowell empowers Canadians to understand their credit, build credit through Rent Advantage and Credit Builder, and make better financial product choices.

Our team is diverse, inclusive, and driven by a shared passion for making a meaningful difference in the lives of Canadians. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of collaboration, humility, and innovation. If you’re looking to join a company that’s transforming the financial landscape and empowering Canadians to achieve their financial aspirations, we invite you to explore career opportunities at Borrowell. Together, we can help Canadians feel confident about money.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and manage the mission-critical cloud infrastructure supporting our marketplace. As a key member of our DevOps team, you will drive our Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) strategy, develop tools to simplify our deployment processes, and integrate automated testing into our delivery pipelines.

This is a collaborative, cross-functional role requiring close partnership with development, security, and QA teams. The ideal candidate is a proactive engineer with a strong foundation in cloud platforms, CI/CD automation, containerization, and security best practices, dedicated to helping us deliver reliable services to 4 million members.

Requirements

• Cloud Infrastructure: Strong hands-on experience designing, building, and optimizing cloud architecture, with a strong preference for Azure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proven expertise provisioning cloud resources using Terraform, including building reusable modules and driving automated deployments.
• CI/CD & Automation: Experience designing and maintaining deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, or  Azure DevOps. We use Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency in scripting with Bash to automate operational workflows.
• Containers & Orchestration: Solid hands-on experience containerizing applications using Docker.
• Cloud Networking: Deep understanding of networking concepts, including VNets, Subnets, Network Security Groups (NSGs), Private Networking, Routing, and DNS.
• Web Application Security: Practical experience implementing and managing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules and policies to secure cloud-facing apps.
• Collaborative Problem Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in distributed, microservices environments, with a proven track record of partnering across Dev, Security, and QA teams in an Agile ecosystem.

Nice to have

• Experience managing container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of Linux administration and OS-level troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with .NET microservice architectures, including building, deploying, and optimizing their underlying infrastructure using Terraform.

Our Engineering Team Values

1. We work well as a team and collaborate always!
2. We are humble and open to each others' ideas and opinions
3. We are not afraid of making mistakes and we are always learning
4. We are persistent about solving problems we are facing
5. Change is good and welcomed
6. We are always willing to take on new challenges
7. We are not afraid to say, "I don't know," or, "I need help"
8. We take ownership over our platform and the work that we deliver
9. We communicate clearly to ensure we collaborate well
10. We find the simplest solutions possible for the hardest problems

Benefits

• The Opportunity - join and have a major impact at a growing company that is helping make financial stability possible for everybody

• Comprehensive Health Benefits - medical, dental, vision, and paramedical health benefits for you and your family, with extra yearly coverage for psychotherapists and massage therapists
• Additional Health Benefits - virtual benefit offering that allows you to connect 24/7 with nurses, doctors and mental health professionals
• Maternity & Parental Leave Top-up - available to new parents
• WFH Reimbursement - we ship you gear like a laptop, mouse, keyboard, and you can reimburse additional items to make your workplace better for you
• Employee Development Benefit - annual reimbursements on payments to help your learning
• Givewell Benefit - 1 paid volunteer day a year to give back to the community
• Flexibility - flexible working hours and a flexible vacation policy

We are remote-first across Canada with an office in Toronto. This role will require you to attend in-person meetings and team-building events. While this role is remote, we are currently only able to hire candidates physically located in Ontario, BC, or Alberta.

At Borrowell, one of our core values and firm beliefs is that diversity makes us better. If you’re unsure about your qualifications for this position, we’d still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for candidates who have experience, but know that not everyone’s had a chance to demonstrate what they can do. What’s most important is that you have a growth mindset and care about helping people with their finances - an area in their lives that causes a lot of stress.

Please note that due to the sensitive nature of the work we do, clearing a credit and criminal record check is a condition of employment.

Borrowell encourages applications from candidates with differing abilities. Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage in the selection process.

This posting represents a current and active vacancy within our organization.

The budgeted annual salary range for this role is $100,000 – $150,000 CAD. Starting pay is determined by the candidate's relevant experience and skills. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for Borrowell’s full benefits package.

To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/borrowell-sr-devops-engineer