Staff Software Developer, AI / ML

Kinaxis; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in supply chain management is looking for a Staff Software Developer specializing in Machine Learning. The successful candidate will work on AI solutions impacting supply chains globally, leveraging technologies like Python, Kubernetes, and Docker. This mid-senior level position offers a hybrid work model and opportunities for career growth in a dynamic environment. Join a team dedicated to innovation and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being programs

Mentorship programs and training

Hackathons

Qualifications

• Passionate about shipping large-scale software systems in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong software engineering skills with a minimum of 5 years' experience in ML enterprise software development.
• Ability to work in Linux environments and in the cloud with containerization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the end-to-end AI software development lifecycle.
• Define, drive, design, and build end-to-end AI solutions.
• Engage with other teams to unblock colleagues and progress technical assignments.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python object-oriented development

Kubernetes

Docker

NLP

Big data technologies

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Python / Pandas / SQL

CI / CD

Job description

Staff Software Developer, Machine Learning

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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 offices in Ottawa and Toronto (Hybrid)

About The Team

The AI team is responsible for delivering machine learning solutions in the supply and demand space for verticals such as Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Life Sciences, etc. This includes forecasting, optimization, replenishment, recommendation, explainability, and more. The team works at the intersection of technology and real business problems to deliver products that delight customers worldwide.

Kinaxis is seeking a talented and passionate Machine Learning Staff Developer to join our Product R&D team. As a Staff Developer, you will work at the forefront of shaping the future of artificial intelligence and contribute to our enterprise-grade AI software platform and solutions used by hundreds of customers globally to manage their supply chains.

What you will do

All aspects of the machine learning development life cycle are familiar to you. You are passionate about shipping large-scale software systems in a fast-paced environment, while balancing maintainability, scalability and quality.

You’ll be fluent in Python object-oriented development and in the cloud. You should have experience with modern data storage, familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and hands-on experience with big data technologies. You should be eager to learn new technologies and adapt to change. You will define, drive, design, and build end-to-end AI solutions that solve real customer problems and create automated ML-based solutions tailored for building a cutting-edge application leveraging LLM to orchestrate our customers’ supply chains, including architectural design, design documentation, test planning and execution.

You will contribute to the end-to-end AI software development lifecycle, ensuring reproducible research and state-of-the-art results for our customers. You will operate as a technical leader in the Product R&D team, oversee the work of junior developers, and actively engage team members to develop their skills and build shared ownership across the code base. You will proactively engage with other teams to unblock colleagues while progressing your own technical assignments.

You are a team player, quick starter, and problem solver. You are comfortable discussing requirements with product managers and work well in a cross-functional team, offering readily available solutions while considering technical aspects, effort, and risk.

What we are looking for

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field with a deep specialization in artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Strong software engineering skills with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in ML enterprise software development
• Strong knowledge of NLP, Large Language Models (LLM), RAG, fine-tuning and LLM model development and evaluation
• Familiarity with the latest open-source libraries, tools, and frameworks in AI and Agentic AI, vector databases, etc.
• Familiarity with Deep Learning techniques such as network architectures, transformers, embeddings, regularizations, optimization strategies, transfer learning, distillation, etc.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms and relational data with experience writing, debugging and optimizing ML data structures, pipelines and transformations, with Python / Pandas / SQL
• Ability to work in Linux environments and in the cloud with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Argo, Helm)
• Proven understanding and experience of distributed computing architectures
• Disciplined approach to software testing including unit and integration tests as well as CI / CD
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions to research scientists, engineering teams and business audiences

Nice To Have

• Retail business background with supply chain knowledge
• Strong mathematical background in linear algebra, probability and statistics, calculus, and optimization
• Solid background in Machine Learning fundamentals, statistical methods for ML, Bayesian methods, parametric and non-parametric methods, variational inference, generative models, stochastic processes, model explainability, etc.
• SaaS, and multi-tenant platforms development experience (microservice frameworks, queuing systems, event-based processing and web services)
• Experience working with major cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, and GCP)

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.

Perks and Benefits

• 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]. 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.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Industry: Software Development

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