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Staples Canada; Richmond Hill; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading office supply company in Richmond Hill is seeking an early-career engineer to explore and prototype new technologies. In this hybrid role, you'll build quick prototypes to validate tools and share insights with teams. Ideal candidates will have up to 3 years of experience in software or DevOps, and a good grasp of front-end tooling like React and TypeScript. The company offers health benefits, performance bonuses, and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Health and Dental benefits

RRSP/DPSP

Performance bonuses

Qualifications

• 0–3 years’ experience in software/platform/DevOps (co-ops welcome).
• Good knowledge of modern front-end tooling to build small UI proof-of-concepts.
• Strong communicator who enjoys teaching and demoing in front of groups.
• Comfortable using Figma (or Adobe XD) to create lightweight clickable prototypes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build quick prototypes/POCs to validate tools, platforms, and AI capabilities.
• Document and share how things work with guides and enablement sessions.
• Present to teams and help senior developers adopt new tools and workflows.
• Wire up CI/CD, scripts, and environment plumbing that accelerate delivery.
• Track and share impact like time saved and reliability.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

PowerShell

Git

Docker

REST/JSON

CI/CD

Figma

Job description

Staples Technology is looking for an early‑career engineer who loves to explore, prototype, and teach. In this role you’ll experiment with new technologies (including AI) and turn them into clear playbooks that help our product teams move faster.

Specifically, You Will:

• Build quick prototypes/POCs to validate tools, platforms, and AI capabilities.
• Document and share how things work with guides, samples, and enablement sessions.
• Present to teams and help senior developers adopt new tools and workflows.
• Wire up CI/CD, scripts, and environment plumbing that accelerate delivery.
• Track and share impact (e.g., time saved, reliability, developer experience).

Some of what you need:

• 0–3 years’ experience in software/platform/DevOps (co‑ops welcome).
• Good knowledge of modern front‑end tooling (React, TypeScript, Vite/Webpack) to build small UI proof‑of‑concepts and technical demos.
• Strong communicator who enjoys teaching and demoing in front of groups.
• Comfortable with Python/PowerShell, Git, CI/CD YAML, Docker, REST/JSON, and basic Azure.
• Comfortable using Figma (or Adobe XD) to create lightweight clickable prototypes is a plus.
• Curious, hands‑on, and not constrained by “this is how we’ve always done it.”

Additional Information:

Office environment – Hybrid, 4 days a week in the Richmond Hill office, Monday to Thursday

Some of what you will get:

• Health and Dental benefits
• RRSP/DPSP
• Performance bonuses

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About Us

We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

About the Team

About the Team At Staples Canada we are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live. As The Working and Learning Company, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day. We’re looking for curious, approachable, and passionate individuals who love finding solutions. If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together. We are building an inclusive and diverse team Staples Canada is continuously working towards creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

• Job Identification 62454
• Job Category Technology, E-Commerce & Data Science
• Locations 6 Staples Ave, Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 4W3, CA