Jobs in Kingston, Canada

Velvetech is an American global software development company headquartered in Miami, FL, and with an office in Chicago, IL. Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients. As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois, USA.

US clients are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions. We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies: .NET Core, Node.js, Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ. For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java.

Principles are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban. Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack.

A new team member will work fully remotely from the coziness of its home with many benefits and a competitive performance-based salary. With the ability to grow with us, you will be building software using the languages and technologies of the .NET framework.

• Developing and improving an application software and designing technical architecture supported by writing technical and functional documentation
• Implementing software tests and debugging code while producing the design schema of a database
• Support in making regular modifications to existing software for error correction, adaptation to new hardware and improving overall function and performance
• Analyzing customer needs and keeping up with changes in technologies

Experience in the following technologies:

• ORM: EF, NHibernate
• SOLID principles and best practices in software design
• English level: Intermediate and higher

AI related requirements

• Proficiency in AI-driven development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor IDE, Tabnine, or similar is required
• Strong prompt engineering skills to optimize the outputs of AI tools effectively
• Critical understanding of the boundaries of AI tools and the ability to apply sound judgment and critical thinking
• Utilizing artificial intelligence to debug, refine code quality, and improve documentation for enhanced productivity and workflow reliability

The following will be considered as an advantage:

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra
• Understanding of functional programming languages such as Python or F#
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Relevant Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• We offer flexible working conditions and a cooperative environment
• Many challenging and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning
• Growth opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification
• In-company training (English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)

Future projects as highly loaded SaaS web-based services for automating business processes in the field of medicine, insurance, finance, energy, including modules for processing large data arrays, integration with external data sources, mobile applications, and others.

We are a friendly team of 170+ professionals where everyone is able to achieve high results and grows professionally not only due to their own knowledge and skills but also with the support of colleagues. Values that we highly appreciate are high performance, responsibility, respect, and loyalty.