by Rick Stomphorst
Can you explain in detail the difference between an inner join and outer join? Can you recite a join syntax from memory? Do you know what are SQL Constraints? If the answers are obvious to you and you want to immerse yourself in complex SQL Quality Assurance challenges, then this role may be for you.
About the Job
The purpose of this role and why this role exists
We’re adding an additional career minded Database Support Specialist with a desire to for solve client’s technical issues. In this client-facing you will be dealing with complicated and challenging SQL troubleshooting issues with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load).
Perhaps you are new in your software career or a recent Computer Science graduate and are eager to show you can make a difference in a young company? A company that has already attracted thousands of enterprise customers from over 70+ countries and many Fortune 500 companies. If so, you could launch your career here.
Great career potential. You will obtain diverse experiences and an opportunity to grow professionally via these experiences. They offer a relaxed work environment, walking distance to eateries, and a healthcare spending account.
Top Responsibilities
The part that you play in this organization, and specific duties you are measured against
- Ownership of support issues. Respond to, investigate, reproduce, troubleshoot and resolve issues submitted by clients
- Manage client expectations in a professional and courteous manner
- Create sample data integration solutions using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and our software
- Create technical documentation of known solutions (KB articles, blogs, FAQs)
- Coordinate, facilitate and deliver
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
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
- Strong SQL knowledge, SQL principles, creating queries, joins, indexes, data migration & integration
- QA experience
- Competent in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook)
- Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems
Additionally Preferred Qualifications
- C#, C# scripting
- Using APIs
- Agile methodology
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, AX, GP, NAV or SL, or other cloud, on-premise applications such as Salesforce, SAP, SharePoint, Marketo is highly desired
Sound like you? Sent your resume to rick@searchvelocity.ca now!
Please include your resume.
About the Company
Our client is a growing 6-year old company which has already attracted 3,000+ Enterprise-level clients from over 70+ countries including Fortune 500 companies. These clients now rely on our client’s solutions to integrate data between their various applications. They have become a leading provider of data integration.
Application integration is a painful and daunting task, typically costly and inefficient to develop. To address this, our client has developed robust value-add additions which leverage existing Microsoft integration offerings. Their software solution is cost-effective and easy for developers to use.
They offer a relaxed work environment, walking distance to eateries, and healthcare spending account.
by Rick Stomphorst
Our clients business continues to grow and we are adding an additional QA person. The ideal candidate will have a programming background and has chosen to take QA as their desired career path.
Perks
The purpose of this role and why this role exists
- Flex-hours outside core hours 10-4
- Flexible working location when required
- Currently located in trendy ol’downtown area right beside a terrific coffee shop. Lots of eateries, specialty food shops and outdoor patios within a stone’s throw
- Currently walking distance to the GO station on Lakeshore West line which runs every 30 minutes, however, we’re growing and moving to a short bus ride away from the GO station
- We use Slack 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
- Review requirements specifications and technical design documents to provide timely QA estimates, author test cases and plans, prioritize, coordinate and perform testing activities for multiple simultaneous projects
- Ensure all user stories have adequate detail in the acceptance criteria as input to test case development
- Design, develop and execute automated regression scripts using open source tools
- Ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved
- Articulate QA criteria to the third-party on-shore QA company. Coordinate QA work packages and manage resulting issues identified by them
- Reproduce issues reported by clients
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 performing QA within software companies and strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- You have past QA experience in software companies vs. banks or insurance companies
- Experience with creating test cases & plan, manual and automated regression testing, and load testing
- Experience with web automated regression tools such as Ghost Inspector
- Experience with load testing tools such as Siege
- Working with external QA services provider, coordinating work packages
- Understand software architecture
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
Sound like you? Sent your resume to rick@searchvelocity.ca now!
Please include your resume.
About the Company
Our client builds commercial applications. They’re 6+ year old growing firm with over 10 software engineers plus business analysts/project managers, and creative talent delivering some really cool stuff. They own some 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.
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
