Software Engineering Co-Op Jobs

Do you want a meaningful role in a company that is making a difference in the world? Do you want to be involved in one of the most important environmental resource areas today? Do you want to learn what’s involved in producing scalable, robust enterprise software systems from colleagues with years of engineering experience? Then join our energetic and growing team and help revolutionize an industry.

About Our Company

Aquatic Informatics is a mission-driven software company that organizes the world’s water data to make it accessible and useful. We provide software solutions that address critical water data management, analytics, and compliance challenges for the rapidly growing water industry. Water monitoring agencies worldwide trust us to acquire, process, model, and publish water information in real time. We offer a full range of solutions, from standalone software packages for individual users, hosted software services, and enterprise-wide national systems. We serve over 1,000 municipal, federal, state/provincial, hydropower, mining, academic, and consulting organizations in over 60 countries that collect, manage, and process large volumes of water data.

Aquatic Informatics is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and has offices in the US and Australia. We value independent thinking, initiative, teamwork, a relentless pursuit of quality, a playful spirit, and a sense of humor. We like smart people – IQ and EQ – who care about the environment and want to do good in the world.

If you want a meaningful role with a company that is making a real difference in one of the most important resources in the world: water, then join our energetic growing team. Help us revolutionize an industry!

About The Opportunity

As a Software Engineering Co-op at Aquatic Informatics, you will become an integral member of the Predictive Analytics team. Working in an Agile team, you will be exposed to the breadth of software development activities, including user story definition, design, implementation, unit testing, feature and regression testing, and investigating and debugging tests and customer-reported issues. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with data scientists on innovative products that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Qualifications:

• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Resourceful and independent, while being a contributing member of a collaborative team
• Demonstrated interest in keeping up to date with current technology and engineering best practices
• Programming experience with at least one object-oriented language (bonus for C# or Java)
• Thrive on solving technical problems
• Understanding of TypeScript and PowerShell is a bonus
• Currently studying computer science, computer engineering, or a related discipline
• Constantly seek new ways to do things better
• Keen to learn about software engineering and technology; incessantly inquisitive
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution
• Love to code – production code, test code, automation code, dev tooling code
• You are passionate about full-stack engineering
• Knowledge of JavaScript plus one front end framework is desirable (e.g. Angular, AngularJS or React)

Bonus:

• Exposure to cloud computing environments (AWS) and continuous delivery
• Completion of one or more previous co-op terms
• Experience with data science and/or data products
• Interest or experience in hydrology or environmental sciences

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.