Platform Engineering, Specialist

Interac Corp.•Toronto, ON

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Every transaction matters. Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both — driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives. Founded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day — across both digital and physical environments. As the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada’s most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians. As the Platform Engineering, Specialist, you will be responsible for designing, evolving, and owning Interac’s Ingress/Egress platform components that enable secure, resilient connectivity across critical payment services. Reporting to the Product Enablement Services, Lead. This role goes beyond day-to-day operations to include technical design, platform extensibility, performance optimization, and mentoring, while maintaining a strong focus on reliability, security, and scalability of production systems.

Requirements

Platform & Container Tooling: Docker CLI, Docker Compose, container runtime fundamentals
Platform & Container Tooling: Git, Jenkins, Artifactory deployment flows
Languages / File Formats: Strong proficiency in Python and scripting, with experience designing maintainable, production-grade platform tooling and automation.
Languages / File Formats: YAML, INI configuration formats
Networking & Traffic Management: Envoy Proxy (or similar Layer 7 proxies)
Networking & Traffic Management: Understanding of L4 vs L7 routing, connection pooling, keep-alives
Networking & Traffic Management: Load balancing concepts and health probing
Networking & Traffic Management: Experience designing and tuning high-throughput, low-latency traffic flows.
Networking & Traffic Management: Deep understanding of failure modes in distributed systems and networked platforms.
Security Fundamentals: RSA cryptography (encryption, signing)
Security Fundamentals: JSON Web Token (JWT), X.509 cert formats
Security Fundamentals: TLS validation, mutual TLS, certificate pinning
Triage & Troubleshooting: Log and trace analysis
Triage & Troubleshooting: Familiarity with tools: grep, sed, jq, curl, wget, zcat
Triage & Troubleshooting: Ability to interpret stack traces and failure patterns end-to-end
Ideal Profile: 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or backend engineering roles, with demonstrated ownership of production platforms.
Ideal Profile: 4+ years of proven ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and operate confidently in mission critical environments.
Ideal Profile: Strong operational mindset; focuses on stability, uptime, and reliability.
Ideal Profile: Clear, structured communicator who can collaborate with engineers, service owners, and product teams.
Ideal Profile: Comfortable working in production-critical environments.

Nice To Haves

Application Development: Comfortable making small code changes / patches for reliability and bug fixes

Responsibilities

Operate, maintain, and optimize the Ingress/Egress platform and supporting components.
Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, TLS/certificate, and traffic flow issues across internal and external systems.
Own and standardize secure service onboarding patterns, providing architectural guidance to product teams.
Perform log & trace analysis to diagnose issues and drive resolution across network/application layers.
Support platform upgrades, configuration tuning, certificate rotations, and release deployments.
Collaborate with security, architecture, and product teams to ensure compliance, reliability, and resiliency.
Maintain documentation, runbooks, deployment guides, and operational procedures.

Benefits

Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge
Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind
Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future
Flexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance
Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family
Pregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families
Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact
Investing in the Future – Help us unlock digital prosperity for all Canadians.
Innovative Thinking – Collaborate on products, practices, and platforms that redefine what’s possible.
Inclusive Culture – Be empowered to bring your whole self to work and realize your full potential.
Inspiring Community – Work in an ecosystem where we lift each other up and rise together.
Intentional Support – Enjoy flexible, supportive offerings that prioritize your total wellness.