Staff Software Engineer

DealMaker is a fast-growing fintech company revolutionizing the capital markets ecosystem with a mission to make online capital raising mainstream. We empower founders, CEOs, and operators to raise capital digitally, both from their own communities and through strategically marketed campaigns. No other platform provides an end-to-end solution like ours—and our track record speaks for itself, with over $2B raised across 1,000+ campaigns. We power the largest online capital raises for customers like EnergyX ($88M), Green Bay Packers ($65M), Miso Robotics ($72M+), Monogram Orthopaedics (Nasdaq:MGRM) and many others, with 3 IPOs in the past year alone. We are quickly expanding our horizons and are seeking talented team members to join us on our journey to transform the global capital market. 

DealMaker is a fast-growing Fintech organization revolutionizing the capital market ecosystem across North America and globally. Our vision is to make online capital raising mainstream. We deliver speed, innovation, and efficiency through our unique proprietary technology, which has powered over 700 private placements totaling $2B+ in capital raised. We are expanding our horizons and are seeking talented team members to join us on our journey to transform the global capital markets.

As a passionate and experienced Staff Software Engineer, you thrive in a challenging environment where you can leverage your deep understanding of software architecture and design to create impactful solutions. You are a self-starter who enjoys tackling complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions. You understand the importance of building robust, scalable, and maintainable systems that meet current and future business needs. You are comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, leveraging your expertise to guide and mentor other engineers.

As a Staff Software Engineer at DealMaker, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical architecture and driving the successful delivery of complex, high-impact projects across the business. You will leverage your deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and system design principles to create robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in:

- Architecting for the Future: You will lead the design and implementation of key architectural components and systems, ensuring they meet current and future business needs. This includes anticipating scalability challenges, considering security best practices, and making technology choices that align with the long-term strategy of the organization. You will create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation and guide the team in adhering to established design principles.

- Driving Solution Design: You will own the technical design and implementation of complex solutions, working closely with product managers, stakeholders, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into effective and efficient technical solutions. This involves making critical design decisions, resolving technical challenges, and ensuring that solutions are well-documented and easy to maintain.

- Mentoring and Guiding: You will serve as a technical mentor and guide for junior and mid-level engineers, sharing your expertise in architecture, design, and problem-solving. You will foster a culture of technical excellence within the team by providing guidance, conducting code reviews, and helping team members improve their skills and knowledge.

- Championing Technical Excellence: You will actively promote and champion best practices in software development, including code quality, security, testing, and maintainability. You will influence technical decisions across the organization, advocating for solutions that are both effective and efficient. You will proactively identify and address technical debt and contribute to the ongoing improvement of the organization's technology infrastructure.

- Collaboration and Communication: You will effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring clear and concise explanations of complex technical concepts. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of your work and contribute to the overall success of the company.

- Design and implement key architectural components and systems.

- Lead the technical design and implementation of complex solutions.

- Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers.

- Champion best practices in software development.

- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

- Proactively identify and address technical debt.

- Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation.

- Strong experience in software architecture and design, with the ability to lead technical direction.

- Proven ability to lead and deliver complex projects.

- Deep understanding of Agile software development methodologies.

- Experience with Ruby on Rails and modern frontend frameworks (Svelte, Vue.js, React.js)

- Experience with a variety of programming languages and technologies is a plus.

- Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

- Competitive compensation with the opportunity to earn into equity

- Shared employee benefit Plan starting Day 1!

- Ability to work remotely or in a hybrid setting

- Strong autonomy with support from leadership

- Personal spending account for wellness

- Learning Support and much more!

Founded in 2018 by leading capital markets lawyers, DealMaker has blazed its own trail as the leading online capital-raising platform. As a Series A tech startup, we are well-capitalized, firmly established in our market, and ready to scale. Here’s why you should want to join us:

-Competitive compensation with the opportunity to earn equity—get into a growth company on the ground floor

-A diverse & distributed team of doers, innovators, and experts

-Shared employee benefit plan (medical, vision, & dental)

-Strong autonomy with support from leadership

-Annual learning support And more!

DealMaker does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

Please inform us if you require any accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application.