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Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($60+ million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of financial applications for startups and small businesses. We currently have openings on our engineering and platform engineering teams:

At Wave you will:

    * Build scalable, fault-tolerant, tested, API-centric backend services in Ruby or Python
    * Use proven modern technologies to power financial grade distributed systems
    * Participate in architecture conversations, code reviews, and pair programming
    * Build rich user-centric experiences for businesses using modern front-end technologies (we use ReactJS)
    * Investigate and implement new technologies like GraphQL

    * Top tier compensation
    * Formal mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights
    * 5-star Glassdoor review (https://www.glassdoor.ca/Overview/Working-at-WAVE-EI_IE554319.11,15.htm)

    * http://betakit.com/wave-raises-14-6-million-with-goal-to-grow-team-to-150-and-continue-mobile-development/

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($42million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing, payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses.

Wave has a variety of job opening available, including (Web) Software Developer, Mobile Engineer, Ops Engineer, etc. To see all job posting, visit https://wave.bamboohr.co.uk/jobs/

On the mobile team you will:

* Build native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native and Javascript

* Develop the standards, tools that will shape how Wave builds mobile products.

* Build applications used by thousands of small businesses.

On the web team you will:

* Develop web services using Python.

* Build distributed, event passing architecture to facilitate payments processing.

* Contribute to a team that processes hundreds of millions of dollars in payments.

What makes working here awesome:

* Solving hard problems

* Entrepreneurial culture

* Culture of transparency; learn first-hand how to do a startup.

* Competitive compensation, including stock options and health benefits.

* Work with Alumni from Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Thoughtworks.

  At Wave you will:
    * Build and maintain Wave’s hosting and data infrastructure, following infrastructure-as-code principles
    * Develop and share expertise in the our products and platforms, and use that knowledge to increase performance, availability, and observability
    * Work with delivery teams to understand their operational wants and needs
    * Develop tooling to support continuous delivery, rapid deployment, and developer empowerment
    * Take on both coding and system administration tasks
    * Participate in an on-call rotation, including off-hours and holidays
    * Show and live our team values of cooperation, continuous improvement, automation, cross-functional thinking, and empathy

  What we're looking for in you:
    * Comfort working on the command line and using common Linux tools (incl. shell scripting)
    * Experience with Linux system administration and configuration, especially on Ubuntu and/or CentOS
    * Familiarity with configuration management tools and concepts
    * Knowledge of fundamental operating systems and networking concepts – HTTP, TCP, DNS, NTP, etc.
    * Comfort working in at least one programming language
    * Interesting experience, or a relevant academic degree

  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation (including stock options)
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Fitness allowance
    * Annual conference budget

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($42million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing+payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses. We currently have openings on our mobile team.

  At Wave you will:
    * Develop for both Android and iOS mobile devices.
    * Develop the standards and tools that will shape how Wave builds mobile products now and in the future
    * Write clear, concise, elegant, and well-tested code in Java, Objective C, and cross-platform languages / tools.
    * Work as part of a small, agile, integrated product team that’s focused on continual improvement of their skills and helping each other learn new things.
    * Face exciting, out of the box challenges day in, day out.

  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights

  In the press:
    * http://betakit.com/wave-raises-6-7-million-from-bdc-capital-as-it-works-to-enter-the-lending-space/

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors. We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing+payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses.

  At Wave you will:
    * Build scalable, fault-tolerant, tested, API-centric backend services in Ruby or Python
    * Use proven modern technologies to power financial grade distributed systems
    * Participate in architecture conversations, code reviews, and pair programming
    * Build rich user-centric experiences for businesses using modern front-end technologies (like ReactJS)


  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights

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#sexismintech =(

(Not a troll - seriously want to know about other UI alternatives).

I know in the states Software Engineer describes most developers. How many Twitter engineers are actual engineers? Exactly.

Active community participation too =).

Don't know what its like in other areas of the world. Perhaps we just need to use some critical thought after reading and interpret the points based on our markets.

I mean, it isn't a hard an fast rule - they are just giving some suggestions - and I think they were pretty spot on.

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Why would banks hire someone without the proper skillset?

The web is a platform - it shouldn't matter what the language is.