Senior Software Developer, Product Verification

Kinaxis; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Developer and take on the exciting challenge of enhancing software performance evaluation. In this role, you'll collaborate with R&D and Product Management to create automated tests and strategies for a world-class product. You'll leverage your expertise in programming languages and cloud environments to drive innovation and efficiency. This innovative firm is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, making a real impact on supply chains globally. If you're passionate about technology and eager to grow your career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Company-wide day off

Flexible work options

Well-being programs

Virtual fitness classes

Mentorship programs

Recognition programs

Hackathons

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in software performance evaluation.
• Solid experience in programming and scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance evaluation activities and report results.
• Develop test automation and frameworks for performance testing.

Skills

Java

C#

Groovy

Python

PowerShell

PowerBI

Performance Evaluation

AI Utilization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ELK

Datadog

GCP

Azure

AWS

Job description

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

Maestro is a world-class product that relies on a high-performing in-memory database in conjunction with AI technology. The Senior Developer will work with R&D, Product Management, and other engineers to create test strategies and automated tests to cover system level performance and scalability characteristics of Maestro. The successful candidate will build and maintain tests, tooling, and environments, execute tests to measure key performance metrics, identify problem areas that impact performance, and recommend changes that are required to address them. The performance team is currently migrating their test environments and automation to support various public cloud providers, such as GCP and Azure, hence the Senior Developer will require an excellent understanding of cloud environments and automation.

What you will do

• Lead and coordinate performance evaluation activities (from requirement analysis through to reporting results).
• Test automation and framework development.
• Work with CloudOps to push performance test environments into cloud providers such as GCP, Azure, etc.
• Partner with IT and Operations staff to evaluate new hardware configurations from a performance perspective.
• Provide performance insights and recommendations.

What we are looking for

• A university degree in computer science or software engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience in software performance evaluation role.
• Solid experience using programming languages such as Java, C# and scripting such as Groovy, Python, PowerShell and PowerBI.
• Comfortable using tools/frameworks such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ELK and Datadog.
• Working knowledge of GCP, Azure and AWS.
• Experience leveraging AI to maximize efficiency.

If you want to be part of a team that challenges you, moves fast, improves constantly, and makes a difference, let’s talk.

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 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 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

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 [e-mail]. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.