About the Role

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who will design, implement, maintain, and evolve solutions that increase the reliability and availability of our applications and systems. We strive for close collaboration, shared ownership, and constant learning. As a Senior SRE, you will apply software principles to ensure our applications are designed to eliminate single points of failure, provide maximum observability, and experienced failures are resolved quickly and efficiently.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about SRE practices and methodologies to solve business requirements, constantly seeking new techniques, tools, and solutions to enhance our systems. As a startup in a fast-paced high growth environment, we are looking for an engineer that isn't bound by principles assigned to traditional engineering roles. You’ll be exposed to, develop skills in, and be responsible for work that may at times fall into the traditional world of platform, data, security, and software engineering. We use Kubernetes and Terraform almost exclusively in a 100% cloud-based environment, and are looking for an SRE who is still growing, comfortable in their knowledge of these technologies, and has relevant experience managing Kubernetes applications in an SRE role. 

• Be a critical member in our engineering organization designing, implementing, managing, and reviewing infrastructure and application operational and architectural state
• Design, implement, and operate production systems using best practices in automation, monitoring, and observability
• Collaborate with developers, SRE’s, and other engineers to ensure smooth deployments, minimize downtime, maximize observability, share knowledge, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Experiment with cloud infrastructure environments and services
• Technologies you will work with: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Datadog, Python, Go, and more
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation- (https://status.synd.io/)

About You

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar role operationalizing and maintaining cloud services
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Strong experience with Linux, Kubernetes, Helm and public cloud platforms such as GCP
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Datadog.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps model for deployment
• Ability to diagnose technical problems, debug code, and automate routine tasks
• Experience in Python and/or Go programming language is a plus
• Experience with security best practices for cloud deployments is a plus
• You are self-disciplined, self-motivated, and have strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• You are available and willing to step in for emergency response and incident management
• You assume positive intent, are humble and eager, expect the best from yourself, value partnership over perfection, and provide grace and understanding in stressful situations

• 💰 Competitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $130k-145k CAD. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise
• 🏆  Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success
• 🏝 20 days annually. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave
• 🏦 Pension Contribution
• 📍 Remote-First with opportunities for local meet-ups in Calgary #LI-Remote 

Role Progression

• Within 1 month, you’ll complete a comprehensive and supportive onboarding process and be able to make isolated contributions to the product, developer tooling, and infrastructure

• Within 3 months, you’ll have a grasp of the complete set of components (services, tools, configuration, etc.) that make up the product and infrastructure. You will continue to make contributions. You will be a full member of the on-call rotation.

• Within 12 months, you’ll be able to suggest and implement complex changes to the infrastructure, developer tooling, and capacity planning.

Interview overview

Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for our Senior Site Reliability Engineer position. Please note that while this is what we expect the process to look like, we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.

1. Recruiter Screen - 25min
2. Hiring Manager - 30min
3. Take-home Skills Evaluation
4. Loop - Three 30-45 min video calls with departmental peers and cross-functional team members - 2hrs max
5. Final Interview - Engineering Leader - 30min

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.

What You’ll Do

• Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
• Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.
• Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.
• Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
• Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

What we offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Build scalable web-based services that power next-generation wealth and asset management platforms.

The Role
As a NodeJS/Java Developer (Web-Based Services), you will design and develop middle-layer and web-based services that enable secure, scalable, and high-performing enterprise applications. Working across PMO, Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams, you will contribute to solution design, system integration, and the delivery of modern digital platforms within wealth and asset management environments.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop web-based and middle-layer services using NodeJS, TypeScript, and Core Java

• Build and enhance APIs and web services using REST, SOAP, and JSON standards

• Draft and review architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and solution design documents

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business and operational requirements

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and system stability across Linux and Unix environments

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 5 years of software development experience

• Hands-on experience with TypeScript, NodeJS, Core Java, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot

• Experience with integration technologies such as Kafka or ActiveMQ

• Strong understanding of object-oriented design patterns and software engineering principles

• Experience developing APIs/web services and working with relational databases (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, or similar)

Bonus Points For

• Experience working within wealth and asset management or broader financial services environments

• Familiarity with J2EE technologies, Servlets, Tomcat, and Maven

• Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Exposure to C#/.Net or multi-language enterprise ecosystems

• Understanding of performance optimization and scalable system design

Why Join Capco

• Deliver high-impact technology solutions for leading financial institutions

• Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture

• Access continuous learning, training, and industry certifications

• Be part of a team shaping the future of digital financial services

• Help shape the future of transformation across Wealth & Asset Management

• Comprehensive health and dental coverage

• Retirement savings program with employer contribution

• Paid time off and flexible working arrangements

• Professional development support and certification opportunities

• Employee wellbeing initiatives and mental health resources

Inclusion at Capco

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward for everyone. If you need any adjustments at any stage, just let us know – we’ll be happy to help. We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration – a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Talent Acquisition

At Capco, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support and enhance several parts of talent acquisition. This includes using AI-enabled features within LinkedIn to help source potential candidates, speeding up routine recruitment communications such as emails and creating compelling and brand-aligned job postings that accurately reflect role requirements, and AI-scheduling applications to improve the efficiency of interview coordination. 

AI is used as a support tool only. All hiring decisions are made by  talent acquisition and hiring teams.