Who We Are:
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, Senior 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.
Key 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.
Required Skills & Knowledge
Platform & Container Tooling
Docker CLI, Docker Compose, container runtime fundamentals
Git, Jenkins, Artifactory deployment flows
Languages / File Formats
Strong proficiency in Python and scripting, with experience designing maintainable, production-grade platform tooling and automation.
YAML, INI configuration formats
Networking & Traffic Management
Envoy Proxy (or similar Layer 7 proxies)
Understanding of L4 vs L7 routing, connection pooling, keep-alives
Load balancing concepts and health probing
Experience designing and tuning high-throughput, low-latency traffic flows.
Deep understanding of failure modes in distributed systems and networked platforms.
Security Fundamentals
RSA cryptography (encryption, signing)
JSON Web Token (JWT), X.509 cert formats
TLS validation, mutual TLS, certificate pinning
Triage & Troubleshooting
Log and trace analysis
Familiarity with tools: grep, sed, jq, curl, wget, zcat
Ability to interpret stack traces and failure patterns end-to-end
Application Development (Nice to Have but Not Primary)
Comfortable making small code changes / patches for reliability and bug fixes
Ideal Profile
5+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or backend engineering roles, with demonstrated ownership of production platforms.
4+ years of proven ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and operate confidently in mission critical environments.
Strong operational mindset; focuses on stability, uptime, and reliability.
Clear, structured communicator who can collaborate with engineers, service owners, and product teams.
Comfortable working in production-critical environments.
What We’re Offering:
The hiring range for this position is $100,000 - $120,000, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, but Interac’s commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well-being and future, and includes:
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
Why Join Us?
At Interac, the impact we make, and the people who drive it, is profound. When you become part of our team, you’re joining a purpose-driven organization that’s shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Here’s what you can expect:
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.
Additional Pre-Employment Requirements:
To ensure the integrity of our organization, successful candidates will be required to complete background checks, which may include, Canadian Criminal Credit Check, Canadian ID Cross-Check, Public Safety Verification, 5-year Employment Verification, Education Verification, Credit Check, and Social Media Check.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Interac is also an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that innovation thrives when people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives come together. That’s why we are committed to providing fair and equitable employment opportunities for all individuals, without discrimination based on race, color, ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you require accommodation during any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will work with you to meet your needs.
Please be aware that certain individuals are misusing Interac Corp.’s name and logo to promote fictitious employment opportunities. Interac Corp. never requests, solicits, or accepts any form of payment in exchange for employment. Any such offers are fraudulent and should be disregarded. Interac Corp. assumes no liability for any claims, losses, damages, expenses, or inconveniences arising from or related to these fraudulent activities. Such communications do not constitute an offer or representation by Interac Corp. or its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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Interac (interac.ca) Toronto, Ontario, CAN Office
200 Bay Street, Suite 2400, , Toronto, Ontario , Canada, M5J 2J1
