Co-Op/Intern Software Developer, Algorithms, Quality

At Kinaxis, who we are is grounded in our common belief that people matter. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, building our culture and making a global impact.

Every day, we’re 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 RapidResponse ensures that the products we need – everything from medicine and cars, to day-to-day items like toothpaste – make it to market and into our hands when we need them with minimal ecological footprint.

We make the world better, and you can too.

Co-Op/Intern Software Developer, Algorithms, Quality

Job location: our office in Ottawa, Canada (preferred) or Remote, Canada

Term
length: 12 months starting January 2024

About The Team

As a member of our Algorithms QA team, you will focus your skills and experience on designing, developing, and maintaining testing tools for the analytics engine of our RapidResponse™ product.

The Algorithms team is a dynamic environment where you will succeed through quick learning and ability to undertake a variety of simultaneous tasks. Your passion for quality and detail will enable you to consistently deliver thorough results within a framework of tight deadlines and changing priorities.

What you will do

• Actively participate in the improvement of the testing processes by introducing new and enhancing existing automation tools
• Write various scripts
• Maintain automated testing frameworks for the Algorithms engines
• Design, develop and maintain tools for data analysis
• May perform additional projects upon request
• Contribute to verifying and validating of mathematical models
• Work with VMs, Git, Jira, Confluence, Build Validation, Jenkins
• Work daily in a Windows environment
• Frequently interact with Algorithms team to gather the requirements for test automation

What we are looking for

• Ability to ‘think outside of the box’ is crucial in this fast-paced environment
• Exceptionally strong analytical skills
• Adaptable and flexible to changing priorities
• Commitment to help every member of your team perform better
• Ability to search for and structure information regarding complex processes/functionality
• A love of data and algorithms, and the desire to apply them in the real world
• Knowledge and experience in relational database design and usage (SQL, complex joins)
• Completion of at least 2nd year of studies in Computer Science / Software Engineering
• Programming and scripting techniques/languages experience (C/C++, C#, .NET, Python, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell)
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Self-starter with strong initiative and results orientation

What we have to offer

• Global Impact - As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Challenging Work - We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.
• Great People - We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/ .

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