Senior Algorithms Developer C++

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re 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 Canada’s 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 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: our office in Ottawa, Canada

About the team

Our mission is to help people unlock the full potential of the world's 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.

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

• 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 (C++11/14/17/20), 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.

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 recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.