12 Canadian companies hiring right now
July’s labour force survey gave Canadian job seekers two reasons to smile. First, the job market saw a gain of 75,100 positions — a significant jump from June, when just 18,000 new positions were added. Last month’s unemployment rate also dropped to 6.4 percent — its lowest level since this time last year.
Local tech ventures are also boosting their hiring efforts. Explore 12 Canadian companies hiring people to help design the next generation of materials, streamline water utility management, improve mental health treatment and more.
Jobs in cleantech
Litmus
What they do: Litmus’ AI-powered data platform collects information from industrial sensors and heavy-duty factory machinery, helping manufacturers such as Mitsubishi manage predictive maintenance before equipment breaks down. This keeps machines online and operations running smoothly.
In the news: Litmus launched a new tool that increases trust in AI decisions by identifying data sources, organization structures and user access.
Current opportunities: Strategic opportunity manager, customer success application engineer and partner success manager.
Azoma
What they do: Agentic commerce tools on AI platforms such as Claude and ChatGPT help shoppers find products, compare prices and place orders. Azoma, with offices in Toronto and London, U.K., helps brands optimize their visibility across AI-powered search engines.
In the news: Azoma and the Digital Shelf Institute launched a new framework that helps brands increase visibility on AI shopping agents — a tool already being used by the likes of Unilever and L’Oréal.
Current opportunities: Enterprise account manager and enterprise customer success manager.
ODAIA
What they do: Toronto-based ODAIA helps pharmaceutical commercial teams boost brand connections. The company’s AI platform converts fragmented data such as prescription history and medical claims into personalized insights, while protecting patient privacy. These insights help sales reps engage with physicians, which in turn helps patients access therapies faster.
In the news: ODAIA recently launched an AI tool that personalizes pharmaceutical marketing campaigns for individual doctors.
Current opportunities: Data engineer, senior corporate counsel and product marketing manager.
Jobs in finance
Influicity
What they do: Brands use Influicity to streamline their influencer and creator marketing campaigns. The platform analyzes subscriber bases, content views, demographics and geographic data to track metrics across channels. For marketers, this means more control, less guesswork and better performance from social media campaigns.
Fun fact: Influicity’s podcast network, Mixxable, partnered with the Toronto Star for season three of “The Manjit Minhas Podcast,” hosted by the entrepreneur, television personality and co-owner of Minhas Breweries & Distillery.
Current opportunities: Sales representative.
ProNavigator
What they do: ProNavigator is an AI assistant built specifically for insurance teams who cross-reference fragmented policy documents and claims histories. This solution helps claims handlers, underwriters and customer service reps make faster, more consistent decisions.
Fun fact: Guidewire, ProNavigator’s parent company, has offices worldwide and offers employees the flexibility to work remotely anywhere in the world.
Current opportunities: Senior application support engineer, senior business architect and senior security product engineer.
MindBridge
What they do: Ottawa-based MindBridge uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect anomalous activity, human errors and intentional misstatements to help companies minimize financial loss.
In the news: Ottawa tech icon Les Rechan has taken on the CEO role at MindBridge and shared his plans to scale the AI-powered auditing company toward bigger enterprise clients.
Current opportunities: IT support specialist, graphic design specialist and cloud infrastructure engineer.
Jobs in health
MetricAid
What they do: Headquartered in North Bay, Ontario, MetricAid provides an online scheduling platform and a fully-managed service to optimize physician shift allocation. Instead of managing multiple physical calendars and paperwork, schedulers and physicians use a unified, real-time calendar that reduces administrative overhead.
Fun fact: MetricAid was founded by physicians and former hospital administrators, blending clinical experience with software developers and customer success specialists.
Current opportunities: Executive assistant and full stack developer
Phoenix
What they do: Phoenix is a digital healthcare platform dedicated to improving men’s relationship with their health. The Toronto-based company offers online consultations and prescriptions for weight management, hair loss and sexual health.
The work experience: Joshua Starr, GM and VP of business operations, says the company provides employees with “any snacks they want and the ability to use any tool that enhances efficiency.”
Current opportunities: Head of user acquisition, organic growth marketing manager and product manager.
Mellow Labs
What they do: Toronto-based Mellow Labs builds hardware and software for mental health treatment. Currently in early product development, the startup manages all R&D and commercialization completely in-house.
What they look for in candidates: The company is working towards clinical trials for its first device next year. Founder and CEO Shinjni Sharma says reaching that milestone means every decision made needs to move the needle forward. “Everyone at the company has autonomy and ownership over their products. Unlike organizations that get bogged down waiting on approvals, we ship what we build together without waiting on a single decision-maker.”
Current opportunities: Marketer, UX/UI creative leader, industrial engineer and ultrasound hardware engineer.
Jobs in cleantech
OTI Lumionics
What they do: OTI Lumionics uses quantum simulations — advanced computer models that predict how new materials will behave at the atomic level — alongside machine learning and physical testing to develop the next generation of transparent displays and smartphone cameras.
In the news: Founder Michael Helander shared how the Toronto-based company uses simulations that can speed up the development timelines for smartphone displays, hydrogen fuel cells and long-duration batteries.
Current opportunities: Product manager, process technician and junior analytical chemist.
Smarter Alloys
What they do: Cambridge, Ontario-based Smarter Alloys develops shape memory alloys that alter their form when exposed to temperature changes. This technology allows components to move without motors or electronics, making them ideal for space-constrained environments in medical, cleantech and aerospace sectors.
The work experience: The team works fully in-office with direct access to 3D printers and testing equipment to fine-tune material specifications. “With all of our capabilities in-house, you get to see the impact of your work fairly quickly,” says CEO Ibraheem Khan.
Current opportunities: Material science engineer, electrical technician and senior process engineer.
Klir
What they do: Water utilities manage thousands of permits, samples and compliance requirements across multiple programs, often relying on spreadsheets and paper records. To address this, Klir has developed a single operational hub built specifically for water utilities. By centralizing critical data in one cloud-based system, teams gain visibility and control over their operations that communities rely on.
What they look for in a candidate: Carlina Coleman, director of brand and integrated communications at Klir, says the company seeks problem solvers: “With challenges like water scarcity and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination facing the industry, candidates who understand our mission want to be part of the solution.”
Current opportunities: Talent acquisition specialist, payments operation lead and product manager.
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Alex Kinsella