Co-op Software Developer, Algorithms

About 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 Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2024), we want to help you take the first step in crafting your career journey.

 

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s 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 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

This is a hybrid position. You must be in the Ottawa, Canada office, at least three days a week. 

About the team

As a member of our Core Algorithms team, you will focus your skills on designing and developing new techniques for testing the analytics engine of our Maestro platform.

 

This is a full-time, 4-month position, starting May 2025 and is open only to students in a registered Co-op Program. 

What you will do

• Collaborate with the team to verify and validate heuristic algorithms to ensure they meet quality and performance benchmarks.
• Design and develop tools to process and analyze large datasets.
• Contribute to creating systems that help improve the quality and reliability of our algorithms.

What we are looking for

• Completion of at least 2nd year of studies in Computer Science / Software Engineering
• Experience in data science and Machine Learning
• A love of data and algorithms, and the desire to apply them in the real world
• Programming and scripting techniques/languages experience (C++, C#, Python)
• Ability to ‘think outside of the box’ in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptionally strong analytical skills

Things that would definitely help

• Knowledge and experience in relational database design and usage (SQL, complex joins)
• Machine Learning Techniques: Familiarity with supervised and unsupervised learning methods, model evaluation, and optimization.
• Python Libraries: Hands-on experience with tools like Pandas, NumPy and scikit-learn.
• Visualization Skills: Ability to create clear and insightful visualizations to present data patterns and results effectively.

We’re accepting applications now through end of day on Friday, January 31, 2025. All submissions will be reviewed during this time, as well as after the posting closes. 

 

 

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when 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 Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, 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 we’re 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

 

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

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 [email protected]. 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.