Senior Software Developer, Core Algorithms
Senior Software Developer, Core Algorithms
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About Kinaxis
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech but its really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such were serious about your career growth and professional development because People matter at Kinaxis.
In 1984 we started out as a team of three engineers. Today we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canadas Top Employers we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
At Kinaxis we power the worlds supply chains to help preserve the planets resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management we enable supply chain excellence for all industries with more than 40000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
Location
our office in Ottawa Canada
About the team
Our mission is to help people unlock the full potential of the worlds supply chains. Algorithm Developers at Kinaxis create algorithms to solve supply chains worldwide. Each one of us plays an important part in developing solutions building our culture and making a global impact.
Every day we are empowered to work together to help our customers make fast confident
planning decisions. This is how we create a better planet for each other for our customers and for generations to come. Our cloud-based platform Maestro ensures that the products we need everything from medicine and cars to day-to-day items like toothpaste and soap make it to market and into our hands when we need them with minimal ecological footprint. Our customers have terabytes of data that needs to be analyzed for the largest supply chains known. Our algorithms move the global economy-- in seconds not hours or days. Its Big Data with an impact.
What you will do
- Be a part of a dynamic and supportive team trying to make the world better every day one pull request at a time.
- Design and implement high-performance scalable and maintainable analytics algorithms to solve difficult business problems.
- Write clean efficient and well-documented code ensuring high-quality deliverables
through peer reviews and adherence to coding standards. - Collaborate closely with other developers product managers and stakeholders to define and prioritize features enhancements.
- Define test strategies and develop comprehensive test plans.
- Write unit functional tests and integration tests plus debugging to ensure robust high-quality software.
- Design develop and support automated test scripts for functional regression and
performance testing using testing frameworks and tools. - Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers fostering an environment of learning and growth.
- Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the continued
evolution and improvement of yourself and your team. - Function as technical lead for development of supply chain algorithms from idea to delivery of value.
- Shape the future direction of analytics for supply chain management as we move into new markets.
What we are looking for
- Software development with object-oriented languages such as C.
- Object Oriented Design using patterns and best practices.
- Use of Agile methodologies such as Scrum to form highly performant teams.
- Detailed knowledge of data structures and related algorithms to solve difficult problems.
- Effective use of common tools including MS Visual Studio VS Code Git Bitbucket JIRA Confluence SonarQube and AI Tools like CoPilot.
- Deep knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle.
- Excellent communication presentation and analytic skills.
- Supporting software-as-a-service (SaaS) products in large scale enterprise environments.
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Management (Demand Planning MRP S&OP Capacity
Planning).
- A love of data structures and algorithms and the desire to apply them in the real world.
- Ability to write high quality C code following modern C standards (C11/14/17/20) object-oriented programming and design patterns.
- Ability to design and implement high performance solutions.
- Ability to design develop and support automated test scripts for functional regression and performance testing using testing frameworks and tools.
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
- Background in or understanding of supply chain management or related business
processes
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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the worlds supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every daywhen we see store shelves stocked when medications are available for our loved ones and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin Yamaha P&G Honda and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices talent assessment training materials and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and were committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs and training and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation please reach out to us at Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening all subsequent decisions regarding your application including final selection are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
