Software Developer (Co-op)

What you’ll be doing :

Communitech is leading a community-wide initiative - called the - to help small and medium-sized businesses adopt AI. As part of this initiative, Communitech is running an AI adoption pilot internally and this is where you come in!

We are recruiting a team of 3 students (2 Software Development roles and 1 Product Management role) to work with the Communitech team and our external partner, AltaML, to develop a custom agentic AI tool.

In this role, your responsibilities will include :

Participating in the design, development and testing of solutions

Implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

Collaborating with AltaML to write production ready code that is easy to read, secure and well unit-tested

Providing feedback on colleagues code as part of code review process

Writing automated unit and integration tests for client solutions

Performing quality assurance of solutions implemented

Following security best practices for solution deployments

Implementing data security requirements and best practices

Coordinating the effective use of your time, often balancing priorities between multiple projects

Integration of ML components with existing business systems

Development and integration of cloud components in Azure, AWS and GCP

Development of simple front-end applications using the SPA framework

Continuous identification of process improvement opportunities

Working with project teams and clients to understand their requirements

Proactively pursuing self-instruction on relevant technical topics and new concepts

Generating written reports and documentation as needed

Qualifications

Confident, clear, and concise communication (written, verbal) and strong active listening skills

Ability to collaborate and work in a team

Ability to work independently

Maintain confidentiality

Critical thinking and problem solving skills

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.

Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers,

and environments

Working knowledge understanding of code versioning tools (GIT)

Working knowledge of C#, Python or a similar development language that indicates you could easily transfer the knowledge

Experience creating RESTFUL services using a framework is highly desirable

Experience with Agile and Scrum is highly desirable

Experience with microservice architecture is highly desirable

Experience with unit test and debugging skills is highly desirable

Experience with database schema creation is highly desirable

Experience with containers (E.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Containers) is highly desirable

Experience with DevOps and taking solutions to the Cloud (E.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) is highly desirable

Experience with fundamental design principles behind building scalable applications is highly desirable

Experience with authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments is highly desirable

Working knowledge and experience with Large Language Models (LLM) and / or AgenticSolutions is considered an asset

Experience with React is an asset

Compensation

The hourly rate of pay will be $20.00-$31.00. Final compensation decisions will be based on the students’ university’s co-op earnings guidelines, in addition to the students’ work term and experience.

This role has a target start date of January 19, 2026. It is a co-op, contract role that is set to end on April 24, 2026.

Communitech is based in downtown Kitchener, Ontario; we are located on a Grand River Transit ION Transit route. We work in-office five days a week (37.5 hours / week) because great things happen when we're together — creating space for deeper collaboration and stronger relationships with each other and the ecosystem we support.