Staff Software Developer, Operations Research

Staff Software Developer, Operations Research

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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; other Canadian locations - remote

About The Team

Algorithm Developers at Kinaxis create algorithms to optimize supply chains. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, 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 – 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 imaginable.

What you will do

• Investigate novel techniques combining class leading heuristics with optimization
• Translate real world Supply Chain Management use cases into mathematical model
• Lead the design and implementation of the mathematical model
• Define test strategies and develop comprehensive test plans.
• Write unit testing, integration testing, and debugging to ensure robust and error-free software.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing using testing frameworks and tools.
• Collaborate closely with your agile team members and other stakeholders
• Shape the future direction of Kinaxis as we move into new markets

Technologies we use

What we are looking for

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.

Benefits

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.

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

Job function

Software Development

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