When you can see the tulips starting to appear around the Dow’s lake area, you know spring is finally on the way! While the springtime sunshine and colours can definitely put a smile on our face, more good news can be found by taking a look at the local tech job market.
As usual, Ottawa’s tech job field is booming with new opportunities in both tech and non-tech roles. If you are seeking a career change or simply looking for a new challenge, now is the time to brush up your resume.
Every month, Invest Ottawa’s Talent Team supports jobseekers in their career exploration by curating a list of 10 companies in Ottawa that are actively hiring. Continue below to check out our list of hiring employers this month:
1. Rewind
What it does:
Since 2015, Rewind has been on a mission to protect critical SaaS application data for organizations of all sizes. Based in Ottawa, Rewind pairs powerful automation with an easy-to-use interface to deliver always-on backups and granular restore capabilities. Today, over 25,000 customers in more than 100 countries trust Rewind with their business-critical cloud application data.
The perks:
Alongside a competitive salary package, Rewind offers great healthcare benefits from day one. Other perks include an impressive annual professional development budget, three weeks of paid vacation, a paid four-week sabbatical every four years of service and additional PTO after two years, paid summer Fridays off (every other Friday from May to September), two days for professional development, two volunteer days, employee stock option plans, and flexible work opportunities.
Current job openings:
Software Developer (Technical Support), Salesforce Administrator, Senior Revenue Operations Analyst, Senior Product Manager, and more jobs.
2. Field Effect
What it does:
Field Effect is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity company that builds powerful solutions and services designed to protect businesses of all sizes from cyber-attacks with 15+ cybersecurity tools under one solution platform. The company has an ambitious mission to make powerful security accessible to giants and start-ups alike, with cybersecurity software designed to help businesses identify threats, reduce vulnerabilities, and operate a secure and resilient network.
The perks:
Field Effect invests in its employees’ well-being and professional success every day through its best-in-class perks. The Employee Stock Option Plan & Company Bonus plan enables employees to directly share in the company’s success. From day one, employees enjoy peace of mind with an extensive group benefits plan, including a generous Health Care Spending Account and Wellness Benefit.
Alongside vacation time, employees enjoy ample time off, including the opportunity to recharge with loved ones during the office closure between Christmas and New Year’s, as well as “flex days” to help manage life’s demands. Adopting the policy of “work where you work best,” the team enjoys the flexibility to choose between working from the comfort of their home or coming into one of the stunning offices in the heart of Lansdowne.
Field Effect ensures its employees’ appetite for growth and development is well-fed through FESu courses held twice a month, where employees can learn from industry-leading experts. Potentially the best perk of all is its work environment that supports autonomy, innovation, and freedom. It enables employees to level up their careers, collaborate with top talent, and solve problems that their competitors can’t.
Current job openings:
General Applications – Future Opportunities and more jobs.
3. HyperLUME
What it does:
HyperLUME Inc. is an Ottawa-based, deep-tech startup company that builds a sub pJ/bit optical link for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and high-end processors for edge computing platforms. The company is redefining data transfer from chip to chip and board to board by ensuring lightning-fast data exchange via the high-speed optical interconnect, which optimizes the efficiency and performance of interconnected systems.
The perks:
Touted as a dynamic workplace that prioritizes career growth, HyperLUME offers great learning opportunities, paid leave, health benefits, and a competitive compensation package.
Current job openings:
4. Kinaxis
What it does:
Established in Ottawa in 1984, Kinaxis is a cloud-based supply chain management (SCM) software that helps businesses of all sizes create agility across their supply chain and transform their supply chain into a strategic driver for your business. Kinaxis’s solution platform also enables companies to balance the most challenging demands – controlling costs, building resilience, driving efficiencies, and being sustainable – all in one place.
The perks:
Kinaxis offers a company bonus plan, employee share purchase plan, competitive pay, and unlimited vacation, as well as health, wellness and social programs. Also, Kinaxis’s office in Ottawa features a sound stage with local and touring acts invited monthly, a full-service cafeteria, fitness centre, rooftop patio, and even an arcade.
Current job openings:
Manager, Query Engine, Back End Technologies, Senior Staff UX Designer (6 Months Term), Senior Staff Backend Software Developer, Payroll Specialist, and more jobs.
5. Knak
What it does:
Founded in 2015 in Ottawa, Knak is a no-code email and landing page creation platform used by some of the biggest companies in the world including Google, Triumph, and DISH Network. Their solutions package includes an email builder, landing page builder, and integration features to help marketers do the entire creative journey in one platform. In 2023, Knak ranked #80 on The Globe and Mail’s fifth-annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing companies.
The perks:
Knak emphasizes work-life balance and offers comprehensive health coverage from day one. They also offer other perks such as a minimum of three weeks vacation, staff beach vacations for hitting goals, professional development budgets, and company equity.
Current job openings:
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Cloud Operations Engineer, Enterprise Account Director, Implementation Manager, and more jobs.
6. Multiview
What it does:
Multiview provides powerful, easy-to-use financial applications to enterprises of any size for accounting and financial planning. For over 30 years, Multiview Financial Software suite has driven successful client outcomes with a scalable ERP solution by partnering with clients to break down data silos, automate accounting processes, and provide more access to information through industry-leading dynamic reporting solutions. With clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies across more than 40 industries, the company marked its place on the prestigious list of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers.
The perks:
Multiview enjoys a flexible environment that encourages work-life harmony. They also enjoy state-of-the-art work equipment, competitive compensation with extended benefits, four weeks of vacation, volunteering time off, workplace flexibility, health and wellness programs, continuous growth opportunities, and a ‘People First’ company culture that starts with the genuine care of people.
Current job openings:
Client Success Executive, Implementation Consultant, and more jobs.
7. Blackberry QNX
What it does:
BlackBerry QNX is the leading supplier of safe, secure, and trusted operating systems, development tools, and professional services for connected embedded systems. Working with celebrated companies like Audi and General Electric, BlackBerry QNX is producing technologies for the next generation of secure vehicle software platforms, network routers, medical devices, and more. The company has been building reliable and safe embedded system software since 1980 and currently their solution is in more than 235 million vehicles globally.
The perks:
The team at BlackBerry QNX enjoys a full benefits package featuring health, dental, and life insurance plans, fitness reimbursement schemes, counselling services, educational reimbursement, retirement savings programs, employee stock purchase plan, performance-based bonuses, and travel insurance.
Current job openings:
Senior Software Developer in Test, Audio Algorithm Developer, Cyber Senior Technical Sales Consultant, Senior Functional Safety Manager, and more jobs.
8. Solink
What it does:
Solink is a leader in providing cloud video surveillance systems for restaurants retailers and financial organizations. Solink’s video surveillance software connects security footage with POS data and creates a dashboard of analytics and searchable moments. The Ottawa-based company’s solution is used by global brands including Panasonic, SAP, Shopify, Tyco, Microsoft Dynamics, and many more to implement business operations, security, and loss prevention strategies.
The perks:
Employees at Solink enjoy a great health and leisure benefits package, subsidized gym membership, flexible work hours, employee stock options, team and social events, and on-site snacks and games room.
Current job openings:
Loss Prevention & Operations Analyst – SMB, Partner Alliances Leader, Mobile Application Developer, Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist, and more jobs.
9. Thales
What it does:
Thales Canada launched operations fifty years ago and quickly became a domestic leader in research and technology; a distinction it still holds today. Thales is a global technology leader with more than 77,000 employees on five continents. The Group is investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – Big Data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity, and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust. Trust is essential for societies to flourish, with humans playing a central role in every critical decision.
The perks:
In addition to competitive compensation package, Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents. Other perks include Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period, company paid holidays, vacation days, paid sick leave, voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability, and employee discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.
Current job openings:
Senior Cloud Software Developer, Software Developer, DSEF Services & Applications Architect, Senior Network Admin, and more jobs.
10. Versaterm
What it does:
Ottawa-based company Versaterm is a global public safety solutions provider that helps agencies transform their organizations by improving workflows for more efficient and effective operations, better service, and more just outcomes. Versaterm’s solutions include community engagement, emergency call handling, computer-aided dispatch, and records and evidence management that help agencies enhance community safety by creating purposeful integrations across the public safety spectrum.
The perks:
Versaterm offers a competitive compensation package, paid day offs, professional growth opportunities, and a comprehensive health benefits package.
Current job openings:
Project Manager, Salesforce Administrator, Director of Project Delivery and Support, Senior Engineer, and more jobs.
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