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Systems Developer, PAAS / Développeur de systèmes, PAAS

Tower Research Capital
🇨🇦MontréalMediorFull-timePosted October 5, 2026

About the Role

You will be joining a distributed team of passionate Platform as a Service engineers, responsible for Tower's Kubernetes-based platform.

  • Designing, building, maintaining and operating bare metal Kubernetes clusters
  • Developing Kubernetes operators
  • Owning, maintaining and developing tooling and documentation for developers
  • Packaging and maintaining platform-as-a-service building blocks such as stream services, data orchestrators, databases and caches
  • Bringing innovation to the platform

Responsibilities

  • Designing, building, maintaining and operating bare metal Kubernetes clusters
  • Developing Kubernetes operator
  • Owning, maintaining and developing tooling and documentation for developers
  • Packaging and maintaining platform as a service build blocks such as stream services, data orchestrators, databases, caches, etc
  • Bringing innovation to the Platform

Requirements

  • An academic background (MSc or PhD) in computer science
  • Some experience outside of academia (2+ years)
  • Significant experience with Kubernetes as a user and as administrator is a big plus
  • Proficiency in one programming language such as Python, Rust, Go, C++
  • Good knowledge of system programming
  • Solid knowledge of Linux and system administration and troubleshooting skills
  • Working experience with observability practices and tooling is a big plus
  • Experience with distributed systems such as Kafka, Etcd is a big plus
  • General knowledge of infrastructure and protocols in domains such as DNS, Networking, Security, etc is a plus
  • Familiarity with GPU operations and development is a plus
  • Familiarity with CICD practices is appreciated
  • Basic understanding of enterprise storage solution is a plus
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and/or large scale configuration management system is a plus
  • Curiosity and a constant drive to learn
  • Proficiency in both French and English, both spoken and written

What You'll Get

  • Generous paid time off policies
  • Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
  • Hybrid working opportunities
  • Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
  • In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g., gym, personal training and more)
  • Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
  • Social events, happy hours, treats, and celebrations throughout the year
  • Workshops and continuous learning opportunities