by Rick Stomphorst
Imagine a lead role with our major client, a renowned international sports league, helping them further adopt SAP. Our client is on a SAP growth path with dozens of standalone applications to be potentially migrated to SAP in the coming months.
We are searching for a Senior SAP Professional, with exceptional client-facing communications skills to lead this long-term engagement. You will manage the client relationship, manage cross functional teams of 10 people (on-site, on-shore, and off-shore) to further expand their SAP adoption beyond the modules currently in use, manage their SAP S/4 Hana upgrades (next is to SAP S/4HANA 2020 Release), then find, promote, and educate the customer on new business efficiencies in the upgraded version. Lastly, possibly perform some hands-on FICO work.
Perks
Why we’re a cool company
- Largely 100% remote role. This role can be based anywhere in Canada.
- Full benefits
- Generous compensation package: Remuneration is not a cap for the right person. Apart from a generous salary, will also consider profit sharing for someone who is a strong fit.
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Maintain strong relationships with assigned client, understanding their challenges, while mapping SAP solutions to these challenges
- Acts as the single point of contact, facilitating the day to day activities
- Develops an understanding of clients’ business and industry to best serve them
- Evaluate the client’s other non-SAP applications for possible migration to SAP
- Initiate solution discussions with client
- Co-write the proposal with assistance of technical resources
- Present solutions to clients and obtain client approvals and signoffs
- Managing client change control requests
- Act as the escalation point to resolve any issues or concerns
- Tracks service level agreement (SLA) performance and overall customer satisfaction to include reviewing metrics
- Work closely with the client’s Project Manager
- Ensure projects are scoped, sized, quoted, managed, staffed, then delivered on-time, on-budget
- Prepares and delivers post-mortem reviews when appropriate
- Occasionally hands-on work with FICO
- Bridge the gap between business and technology
- Developing others, mentors, and serves as a role model
- Potentially may also oversee our app development projects
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
- Experienced in managing cross functional teams and leading client engagements
- Comfortable engaging with senior executives of the client’s
- 10-years hands on experience in SAP FICO modules – AR/AP, G/L, Treasury, Banking
- Working knowledge of Fiori, BASIS, BOBJ and ABAP to stay engaged with the team closely
- Knowledge of S/4 HANA
- Basic knowledge of project management methodology, tools, and templates
- Ability to build relationships with a variety of groups including executives, managers, consultants, and clients.
- Knowledgeable about new technology and keeping pace with emerging trends to present them to the clients
- Demonstrated experience analyzing business and technical requirements and solution design
- Excellent customer-facing communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
- Technical degree in Computer Science or Engineering at University or College level
Travel
- 2-3day-long trips, twice per month, travel to clients North-Eastern USA office (once safe to do so)
- 1 trip/year to India Technical office (once safe to do so)
About us
We are Toronto based boutique SAP implementation firm. We are SAP partners for build, service and sell for S/4 and B1 products. Our senior consultants bring dozens of prime engagements between them and hundreds of years of SAP implementation and support experience.
This is a Permanent opportunity.
N E X T S T E P S
If this sounds like you and you’re looking to build your career, then we want to hear from you. Please email your resume to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: SAP
Keywords: FICO. Finance, Cost control, ERP, Business Objects, Hana
by Rick Stomphorst
Sr. JAVA Developer for Software Product Company
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists
We are growing our team again.
Perks
Why we’re a cool company
- Flex time, partial work-from-home (100% remote for the foreseeable future)
- Virtual on-boarding
- Full benefit package from Day 1
- Monthly v-Social events
- Near QEW & Winston Churchill
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Work with business analysts to translate user requirements and technical specifications into design solutions
- Provide support and guidance to intermediate and junior developers covering development and implementation approach
- Adherence to development and process standards, while refining, defining and establishing processes, templates, and software development
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
- JAVA – 5+ years
- Full-stack experience
- Experience with modern JS frameworks like React, Vue, Angular and responsive design (nice to have)
- Experience building cloud native applications
- Experience with design, implementation and integration with common enterprise application storage mechanisms including in-memory, object storage, RDBMS and NoSQL
- Computer Science related degree
Connect with Us!
To learn more about this opportunity, the client, their culture, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: JAVA Developer
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by Rick Stomphorst
A growing custom software development company is searching for their first dedicated Technical Project Manager to grow with the company. You will become one of the primary customer-facing people in the company. All our customers will come to know and rely on you.
This role will provide you a broad range of experiences in the business, and experience to work on many different types of projects in varying industries. This role is perfect for a recent College or University grad launching their career (we will train you) or someone who needs/wants the flexibility to work from home. If you program, you will have the opportunity code.
Key Areas of Responsibility
This is a key net-new hire for the organization. We need someone to take on these challenges:
- Participate in weekly project meetings with our clients tracking deliverables, follow-ups, takeaways, and commitments. Project Coordination duties.
- Creating Presentations and assisting with various documents
- Be responsive to prospective and existing clients
- Providing Level-1 Support and periodically testing Websites and updates
For the right person this role will grow to assume HR functions.
Your Background
- You’re genuinely interested in other people
- You bring a technical background, are technically savvy, or have a desire to grow technically
- Ideally you bring experience in a software company
- Excellent multi-tasker
- Attention to detail
- Excellent listening and information gathering skills
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Adobe Suite and web design is a plus
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
- Recent Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Business-related field (Marketing, Sales, Management, Communications) or Practical Experience
Work Environment
- While preference will be given to local candidates, this role can be based anywhere in Canada. If local, eventually this role will be on-site 1-day/week
- Flex time – we will strive to tailor to your schedule, building a schedule that works for you
- Initially our requirements are part-time and anticipate the roll becoming full-time by 2022
- We rely on Discord, Gitlab and Google Productivity Tools (Google Workspace / G-Suite)
Compensation
- $25-30/hr
- BYOD
- Phone reimbursement $50/month
- Extended Health Care benefits once Full Time
- Car expenses
About the Company
They’re a customer focused, custom software development company who strives to innovate. Based in Oakville and servicing the Canadian and US markets, they specialize in web and mobile apps, website design and web-development, custom software development, and system integration.
“We are looking for people to grow with the company. We want you to grow professionally as well through the diverse projects and experiences you will get with us. We will provide a comfortable work environment.”
N E X T S T E P S
If this sounds like you and you’re looking to build your career, then we want to hear from you. Please email your resume to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: PM
Keywords: ecommerce, e-commerce, account manager, business development, Digital Marketing Consultant, B2B, B2C, WFH, work from home, home office,
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. Additionally, due to the nature of the business, you’re usually utilizing the latest tool sets and language versions.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists.
Python + Django / Flask Developer | Senior or Intermediate level for a custom software development company in Oakville specializing in mobile and web based product development. They use open source development tools to build scalable solutions. You will architect and manage the development of new software applications. Potentially a customer facing role.
They’re a 15 year old growing firm with 150 people, across 3 offices, including software engineers, business analysts/project managers, and creative talent delivering some really cool stuff. They own most projects entirely, sometimes they’re an extension of the client. 50%+ of their products can be found in an app store or publicly on-line.
Perks
Our work environment
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- Flex-hours outside core hours 10-4
- Role will be 99.9% Remote for the foreseeable future, moving to Flexible Working Location when conditions return to normal
- Full Benefits
- Cell phone plan reimbursement
- Gym Membership reimbursement (or virtually any physical health activity)
- Brand new modern office facing the QEW (open as needed)
- Office closes during the holidays
- We have amazing clients who are fun to work with and appreciate our value to them
- Casual, yet professional environment with a Social Club
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
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- Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams to define & design of new Products, features and functionality
- Review peer code and architecture to ensure the products you build exceed client expectations
- Provide technical leadership within the project and developments teams
- Ability to work with tight deadlines
- Full-stack coding, end-to-end delivery, implementation, development testing, defect investigation and resolution
- Direct interaction with the client (Potentially)
- Provide effort estimates, planning out weekly sprints alongside project 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
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- 5-years+ experience in web development roles with open source technologies in a SaaS environment
- Backend: Python + Django and/or Flask
- Frontend: Bootstrap, Sass, CSS, HTML, VueJS
- IDE such as Pycharm
- HTML / XML parsers like Beautiful Soap
- Git code repository
- Experience working in a Mac and Unix environment
- Effective communication skills
- Proficiency with cross-browser/cross-platform issues
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
Nice to haves
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- ReactJS + NodeJS
- MySQL/PostgreSQL
Let’s Get to Work!
To learn more about the client, their culture and the opportunity, we invite you to share your resume with 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
Solutions Designer for a Software Company
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists:
We are growing our consulting team again. You will own the discovery process, requirements gathering, resulting solutions design and integrations.
Require a Solutions Designer, someone who has demonstrated Technical Leadership, someone with exceptional client-facing communications skills to extract requirements from the various stakeholders and persuade business stakeholders of the pros and cons of various new solutions. Be nimble. We require someone to bring expert-level skills with Java and/or C#.
Typical projects with our clients are 4-6months long with 4-6 developers, with an initial POC done by one developer. You become the Technical Advisor during a project. Project are often back-office modernization or AWS cloud migrations.
An ideal candidate is a Senior Developer / Designer, someone who wants to focus on a client-facing role, uncovering client requirements and designing solutions for them.
Searching for both Permanent and Contract resources.
Perks
Why we’re a cool company
- Recent recipient of Employee Recommended Workplace Awards
- On the List of Top Canadian ICT Companies, 3x in a row
- 2019 Globe and Mail’s Top Growing Companies
- 2019 finalist for Best Tech Work Culture
- Headquarters in NE Oakville. Less than 1km from the QEW, walking distance to cafes and eateries.
If people only knew the great stuff we do here. – Unsolicited quote from team member
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against:
- Listen, elicit and document tangible business objectives that can be mapped to technology solutions
- Meet with technical stakeholders to obtain a detailed understanding of existing capabilities, challenges and problems
- Lead design meetings to draw out and clearly define development and implementation options
- Back-end solutions design and integration between legacy enterprise systems
- Be a technically equivalent as our customer
- Working with sales team in a pre-sales technical capacity to advise prospects on technology selection and customization requirements
- Document technical solution approach for specific project features. e.g. API access, authentication flows, sequence diagrams, data models etc.
- Present technical strategies and methodologies to new clients
- Provide Technical mentorship to the development teams
- Develop relationships with clients, ensuring their business objectives are met
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 Designing Solutions
- Excellent customer-facing communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
- Extensive working knowledge of current technologies, AWS, and computing architectures including Microservices architecture, Containerization, SOAP / RESTful service design and implementation
- Extensive working knowledge of Java and/or C#, SQL Server, DB Design
- Experience as a Technical Business Analyst or Sr. Developer / Team Lead
- Demonstrated experience analyzing business and technical requirements and solution design
- Technical degree in Computer Science or Engineering at University or College level
Travel
- Occasional travel to NE USA and Canada when deemed safe to do so.
Connect with Us!
To learn more about this opportunity, the client, their culture, we invite you to share your resume with us via this job board or to Rick @ SearchVelocity.ca, Subject: Solutions Architect
Have a canned cover letter? Delete it. Tell us why you’re perfect for this opportunity and you’re virtually guaranteed an interview.
Please include your resume. We’re searching for GTHA persons only. During the Covid-19 pandemic, to keep everyone safe, hiring and on-boarding 100% remote.
