by Rick Stomphorst
Imagine managing 15,000 lights-out Linux-based media-players in North America? Collectively they have played over 50 billion files.
If your career goal is to build enterprise-level Linux skills, then this role may be for you.
We’re looking for an intermediate-level Linux Engineer, but will also consider strong grads and provide you with training.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
We continue to grow and are now adding an additional Linux Build Engineer to our Oakville software and R&D office.
Our client is an international digital signage content management, design and control company with implementations ranging from 6in displays to a 19ft x 34ft wall of displays to interactive touch-screen displays. They deliver industry firsts.
Perks
Our work environment
- Flex time
- Flexible working location when required
- Full benefits package + RSP matching
- An exciting industry evolving to include Augmented Reality
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
Design & Build
- Responsible for preparing new Linux Ubuntu based distributions, building and managing patches/upgrades on Intel based hardware
- Responsible for testing, packaging and maintaining software components for the Linux appliances
- Work with component manufacturers for developing drivers/custom libraries to support the applications on the appliance
- Develop system firmware, low-level server interface with firmware (video cards, NIC, USB)
- Test & certifying Linux hardware appliances. Deploying Linux to bare-metal appliances
- Working with Product Management to deploy new features and functionality to new implementations and existing implementations
Support & Maintain
- Level-3 support
- Troubleshoot issues, determine root cause problem, implementing workarounds and permanent solutions
- Linux system configuration and administration
- Apply OS and firmware updates in a lights-out environment
- Liaise with partners, suppliers and contractors
- Building and inventory configuration database
- Work with QA defining test procedures
Some of the Experiences & Background we’d like to see
All the things you’re good at because you’ve done most of these before
- 5-years+ experience in Linux, and broad knowledge of Linux based graphics technology
- Ubuntu experience
- Scripting with Python, Perl, Bash
- Experience with Linux kernel, file-system, and driver architecture
- Experience coding in C on Linux environment, to develop system firmware, Linux kernel, distributions, and drivers (very nice to have)
- Understand the Linux sub-systems like: Video, USB, NIC
- Strong system debugging abilities and very strong with networking and debugging networking, and Linux driver hardware and stability issues
- Knowledge of networking principles and applications / technologies (e.g., TCP protocols, DNS, DHCP services, VPN, Firewall)
- Effective communication skills as you will be in regular contact with the client – great opportunity to further refine your communication skills
- Git
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
Let’s Get to Work!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: Linux Build Engineer
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
About SearchVelocity.ca
We provide recruitment services to technology companies to identify and acquire high-value technology staff. We specialize in complex assignments, roles requiring multiple technologies, skills and/or business vertical knowledge, like this one.
We bring 25+ years of broad experience working in software companies and IT professional consulting firms as hiring management of Technical staff. We can help you find the right people.
Based in Halton Region, Ontario (GTA-West) we specialize on the staffing challenges of tech companies located in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills, Georgetown, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto. Visit us at SearchVelocity.ca
Keywords: job, jobs, Halton, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Hamilton, Mississauga, Linux Kernel
by Rick Stomphorst
If your career goal is to:
- Build commercial applications-from-scratch vs. maintaining preexisting apps
- Grow your skills in SWIFT
then this role may be for you.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
We continue to grow and are now adding another Senior iOS Developer to our Oakville team. Full-time (Permanent) or Contract.
We’re a custom software development company specializing in mobile and web-based product development. We use open source development tools to build scalable solutions. We’re a 15-year old growing firm with 140 staff between our Montreal head-office, Ottawa-Gatineau, and Oakville. Our Oakville office has 25+ software engineers, business analysts/project managers, and creative talent delivering some really cool stuff. We own some projects entirely, sometimes we’re an extension of the client’s team. 50%+ of our products can be found in an app store or publicly on-line.
Perks
Our work environment
- Flexible working location when required
Actual Staff. Not Actors.
- We use team collaboration and other video conferencing tools to collaborate remotely alongside many other modern tools
- We have amazing clients who are fun to work with and appreciate our value to them
- We are the sole technology provider for several clients where we have been able to earn their trust and respect
- A breadth of experience exposure across several personalities, client types, projects, and industries
- Casual, yet professional environment
- BYOD
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Developing in SWIFT
- Working on a new app every 4-5 months
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, full-stack coding of new features and functionality
- End-to-end delivery, implementation, development testing, defect investigation and resolution
- Potential direct interaction with the client
- Providing effort estimates, planning out weekly sprints alongside 5 month objectives, while identifying and assisting in mitigating technical, schedule, and other project risks
Some of the Experiences & Background we’d like to see
All the things you’re good at because you’ve done most of these before
- 3+ years of Objective-C and SWIFT
- 3+ years of experience in software development roles
- Successful track record of delivering projects, both individually and as a team member (hint: bring them to the interview!)
- Should have published applications on the Apple Store
- Git, or similar source code control systems
- Agile Scrum environment
- Effective communication skills as you will be in regular contact with the client – great opportunity to further refine your person/people skills
- Experience implementing third-party libraries, APIs and Web services
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
Additionally Desired Experience (or you can learn them with us!)
- Experience in Video and media based development projects
- Ionic HTML5 Hybrid Mobile App Framework / PhoneGap
- Some experience with open-source development and technology foundations besides iOS (e.g. Android, web development, etc.) and a pragmatic approach to using the right tool for the job
- HTML5 / CSS / SASS development based on both hand-drawn wireframes and/or full Photoshop design intent
- SSH/Linux server administration experience
Let’s Get to Work!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: iOS
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
About SearchVelocity.ca
We provide recruitment services to technology companies to identify and acquire high-value technology staff. We specialize in complex assignments, roles requiring multiple technologies, skills and/or business vertical knowledge, like this one.
We bring 25+ years of broad experience working in software companies and IT professional consulting firms as hiring management of Technical staff. We can help you find the right people.
Based in Halton Region, Ontario (GTA-West) we specialize on the staffing challenges of tech companies located in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills, Georgetown, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto. Visit us at SearchVelocity.ca
Keywords: job, jobs, Mac, OS X, X-code, XCode, iOS SDK, Firebase, Android, Xamarin, mobile, tablet, Ruby, Rails, RoR, AngularJS, MongoDB, NoSQL, Native iOS, Ionic, PhoneGap, HTML5, NodeJS, Halton, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Hamilton, Mississauga
by Rick Stomphorst
If your career goal is to build commercial applications from scratch vs maintaining pre-existing apps, then this role may be for you. Due to the nature of the business, you’re usually utilizing the latest tool sets and language versions with virtually no maintenance.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
We continue to grow and are now adding a Contract Ionic / AngularJS developer to our Oakville team.
Not stock photo. Actual office. Actual staff.
We’re a custom software development company specializing in mobile and web-based product development. We use open source development tools to build scalable solutions. We’re a 15-year old growing firm with 140 staff between our Montreal head-office, Ottawa-Gatineau, and Oakville. Our Oakville office has 30+ software engineers, business analysts/project managers, and creative talent delivering some really cool stuff. We own some projects entirely, sometimes we’re an extension of the client’s team. 50%+ of our products can be found in an app store or publicly on-line.
Perks
Our work environment
- Flex time
- Flexible working location when required
- We use team collaboration and other video conferencing tools to collaborate remotely alongside many other modern tools
- We have amazing clients who are fun to work with and appreciate our value to them
- We are the sole technology provider for several clients where we have been able to earn their trust and respect
- A breadth of experience exposure across several personalities, client types, projects, and industries
- Casual, yet professional environment
- BYOD
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams to define & design of new Products, features and functionality (senior role)
- Full-stack coding, end-to-end delivery, implementation, development testing, defect investigation and resolution
- Direct interaction with the client
- Provide effort estimates, planning out weekly sprints alongside 5-month objectives, while identifying and assisting in mitigating technical, schedule, and other project risks
Some of the Experiences & Background we’d like to see
All the things you’re good at because you’ve done most of these before
- 5-years experience with open-source development and technology foundations, and a pragmatic approach to using the right tool for the job
- AngularJS experience
- Successful track record of delivering projects, both individually and as a team member (hint: bring them to the interview!)
- ReactJS and/or React-Native (very nice to have)
- HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript
- MySQL/PostgreSQL
- Effective communication skills as you will be in regular contact with the client – great opportunity to further refine your communication skills
- Experience working in a Mac and Unix environment
- Experience consuming third-party libraries, APIs and Web services
- Proficiency with cross-browser/cross-platform issues
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
Let’s Get to Work!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: IONIC
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
About SearchVelocity.ca
We provide recruitment services to technology companies to identify and acquire high-value technology staff. We specialize in complex assignments, roles requiring multiple technologies, skills and/or business vertical knowledge, like this one.
We bring 25+ years of broad experience working in software companies and IT professional consulting firms as hiring management of Technical staff. We can help you find the right people.
Based in Halton Region, Ontario (GTA-West) we specialize on the staffing challenges of tech companies located in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills, Georgetown, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto. Visit us at SearchVelocity.ca
Keywords: job, jobs, ReactJS, React Native, Halton, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Hamilton, Mississauga
by Rick Stomphorst
If your career goal is to build commercial applications from scratch vs maintaining pre-existing apps, then this role may be for you. Due to the nature of the business, you’re usually utilizing the latest tool sets and language versions with virtually no maintenance.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
We continue to grow and are now adding a Python / Django developer to our Oakville team.
Not stock photo. Actual office. Actual staff.
We’re a custom software development company specializing in mobile and web-based product development. We use open source development tools to build scalable solutions. We’re a 15-year old growing firm with 140 staff between our Montreal head-office, Ottawa-Gatineau, and Oakville. Our Oakville office has 30+ software engineers, business analysts/project managers, and creative talent delivering some really cool stuff. We own some projects entirely, sometimes we’re an extension of the client’s team. 50%+ of our products can be found in an app store or publicly on-line.
Perks
Our work environment
- Flex time
- Flexible working location when required
- We use team collaboration and other video conferencing tools to collaborate remotely alongside many other modern tools
- We have amazing clients who are fun to work with and appreciate our value to them
- We are the sole technology provider for several clients where we have been able to earn their trust and respect
- A breadth of experience exposure across several personalities, client types, projects, and industries
- Casual, yet professional environment
- BYOD
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams to define & design of new Products, features and functionality (senior role)
- Full-stack coding, end-to-end delivery, implementation, development testing, defect investigation and resolution
- Direct interaction with the client
- Provide effort estimates, planning out weekly sprints alongside 5-month objectives, while identifying and assisting in mitigating technical, schedule, and other project risks
Some of the Experiences & Background we’d like to see
All the things you’re good at because you’ve done most of these before
- 5-years experience with open-source development and technology foundations, and a pragmatic approach to using the right tool for the job
- 5-years+ Python experience
- Successful track record of delivering projects, both individually and as a team member (hint: bring them to the interview!)
- Django
- ReactJS and/or React-Native (very nice to have)
- HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript
- MySQL/PostgreSQL and data model design (logical & physical data models)
- Effective communication skills as you will be in regular contact with the client – great opportunity to further refine your communication skills
- Experience working in a Mac and Unix environment
- Experience consuming third-party libraries, APIs and Web services
- Proficiency with cross-browser/cross-platform issues
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
Let’s Get to Work!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: Python
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
About SearchVelocity.ca
We provide recruitment services to technology companies to identify and acquire high-value technology staff. We specialize in complex assignments, roles requiring multiple technologies, skills and/or business vertical knowledge, like this one.
We bring 25+ years of broad experience working in software companies and IT professional consulting firms as hiring management of Technical staff. We can help you find the right people.
Based in Halton Region, Ontario (GTA-West) we specialize on the staffing challenges of tech companies located in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills, Georgetown, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto. Visit us at SearchVelocity.ca
Keywords: job, jobs, ReactJS, React Native, Halton, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Hamilton, Mississauga
by Rick Stomphorst
Imagine a enabling a food processor to grow 2x over the next 5-years through new technologies?
Searching for a hands-on IT Manager for a large food processing company in Brampton/Mississauga area. Initial 3-month contract with the possibility of roll becoming permanent.
Requires someone who will position IT as a Business partner through its journey of demonstrable continual improvement.
Initial engagement will include a discovery process to review company’s as-is environment and identity areas of improvements in reliability, speed, security, costs, increased functionality and / or new technologies to accelerate the business, providing them with a competitive advantage.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
We are looking for a proactive individual, one who is continually looking for ways to improve the business by new or improved technology. The company growing yearly by double-digits. They need to ensure the computing production environment will scale, and contains sufficient redundancy, to meet their expected growth.
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against.
- Supporting the production environment – supporting their hosted ERP is mission critical
- Managing vendors who provide virtually all of their computer services and maintenance
- Plant communication infrastructure (e.g. scanners, scales, label printers)
- Data and network security and backups
- Planning and implementation of upgrades to IT infrastructure
- Manage helpdesk
Some of the Experiences & Background we’d like to see
All the things you’re good at because you’ve done most of these before.
- Support of a production environment including networking, security, network latency, telephony, WAN, EDI, plant connectivity, hosted applications, monitoring system performance
- Supporting a production ERP or MRP
- Superior problem resolution techniques, practices and rapid root-cause determination. Avoiding system outages is a primary responsibility
- Managing a small team providing break/fix/diagnosis
- Experience managing vendors including SaaS providers
- Experience using SQL and SSRS
- Project Management and Budget Management
- Knowledge of current with leading edge processes and technology
- Knowledgeable with Microsoft’s hosted services
- Strong knowledge of the SaaS model
- Experience with Canadian food compliancy and regulations (nice to have)
- Degree in relevant discipline
Expect travel between GTA locations.
About the Company
They are a decades old food processing company providing packaged and unpackaged perishables to your grocery store.
Connect with Us!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick@searchvelcity.ca, Subject: IT Manager
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
