Senior Infrastructure Developer, Optimization Software

Location

Ottawa and Toronto, Canada - Hybrid

Other Canadian locations - Remote

Vacancy Status

This is an existing job vacancy

What you will do

Infrastructure & Platform Development

• Design, develop, and maintain core infrastructure supporting optimization engines and planning workflows
• Improve scalability, reliability, and performance of distributed optimization workloads
• Build reusable infrastructure components for model execution, data handling, and solver integration

Performance & Optimization

• Analyze performance bottlenecks in optimization pipelines and underlying systems
• Optimize compute, memory usage, and data flow for large-scale planning problems
• Support solver integration and tuning (e.g., Optimization approaches)

System Architecture

• Contribute to evolving platform architecture and hardware
• Design systems that support large datasets, parallel execution, and incremental solving
• Ensure systems meet enterprise-grade reliability and maintainability standards

What we are looking for

• B.Sc or more in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience working with various cloud resources and deployments.
• Public cloud experience (Azure and/or GCP; AWS is a plus), using console and APIs
• Hands‑on experience operating Kubernetes (AKS and/or GKE)
• CI/CD and/or GitOps experience (pipelines, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with Docker
• Comfortable working with logging and observability platforms
• Ability to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for performance testing using testing frameworks and tools.
• Ability to find opportunities to accelerate the SDLC through innovative application of AI or other tooling, while upholding architecture consistency, secure design, and code‑quality standards.
• Ability to review AI‑generated code rigorously for correctness, architectural fit, integration risk, and edge case support with a growth mindset and bias for experimentation.
• Nice to have experience in commercial solvers (Gurobi, CPLEX,...)
• Nice to have knowledge of Supply Chain Management (Demand Planning, MRP, S&OP, Capacity Planning)

Benefits

People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons