Security Incident Response Developer
A security role at Wealthsimple, remote, based in Canada. The posting asks for SIEM, AWS, Azure and GCP. Suits candidates with 1 to 2 years of experience.
Remote · Canada
1 to 2 years
Pay not stated
Full-time
Posted 30 Oct 2026What they ask for
How Wealthsimple hires
- 1
Recruiter video interview, 30 minutes
Recruiter screen · 30 min · From the company
Your last few years of experience, the scope of your work, your tool stack and how independently and quickly you worked.
- 2
The Throughline interview
Culture fit · From the company
A 30 to 45 minute conversation about how Wealthsimple's values have shown up in your life and career. Specifics and honesty matter more than polished answers.
- 3
Hiring manager interview
Hiring manager · From the company
A 30 to 45 minute technical deep dive into your most relevant projects and how you work with other teams.
- 4
Pair programming, 1 hour
Live coding · 60 min · From the company
A collaborative session on CoderPad, part of a two-interview loop, judged on how you break problems down and whether the code is of pull request quality.
- 5
Bring Your Own Systems, 1 hour
System design · 60 min · From the company
The second loop interview. You walk through a system you have worked on, covering its architecture, trade-offs, scalability and performance. Visual aids are encouraged.
- 6
Topgrade, 1 hour
Senior leadership · 60 min · From the company
A final conversation with the hiring manager and other leaders that sums up your candidacy across all the earlier stages.
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About the company
Offers investing, trading, savings and tax filing apps for Canadians, built on its own brokerage and banking software.
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