About Kinaxis  

　　Co-Op/Intern Algorithms Developer, Scheduling

　　Job location: our office in Toronto, Canada

　　Term length: 4, 8, or 12 months starting May 2024

About the Team

　　Production Scheduling is the process of arranging, controlling, and optimizing work and workloads in a production or manufacturing process.  Kinaxis Enterprise Scheduling unifies production planning and scheduling activities on a single, concurrent platform, allowing planners and schedulers to immediately see the impact of demand and supply changes, from forecast all the way down to the shopfloor schedule.

　　The Enterprise Scheduling team is focused on building an enterprise level scheduling application with the flexibility of a site-level scheduler and a focus on fast, scalable scheduling algorithms. The team has a passion for solving complex scheduling problems and building highly scalable, configurable, and extensible applications.

What you will do

　　Design and implement novel Production Scheduling models, heuristics, and meta-heuristics

　　Translate real world Production Scheduling use cases and constraints into computational models

　　Collaborate closely with our experienced developers, adhering to best practices including unit testing, and software craftmanship

　　Engage actively in our scrum rituals, contribute to design discussions, and partake in code review sessions

　　As a product-focused team, embrace a range of roles including tester, investigator, facilitator, and support

　　May perform additional projects as requested

What we are looking for

　　Working toward a degree in Computer Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering (or related)   

　　Excellent software engineering skills

　　Knowledge of production scheduling algorithms and techniques using optimization and/or heuristics

　　A love of algorithms and problem solving, and the desire to apply them in the real world

　　Working knowledge of Java, C# or similar language, including object-oriented design, unit testing

　　Ability to design high performance code that does in seconds what others do in hours

　　The commitment to help every member of your team perform better

　　Background in, or understanding of, supply chain management a nice to have

　　Experience working under agile methodologies such as Scrum a nice to have

Technologies We Use

　　Java for core algorithm development

　　IntelliJ, JIRA, Confluence, Git 

　　State of the art in-memory database and analytics technology 

What we have to offer

　　Challenging Work - We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.

　　Great People - We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.

　　Global Impact - As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.

　　Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen. 

　　For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/.

　　Kinaxis strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply to our welcoming community. We strive to make our website and application process accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.