12 Canadian companies hiring right now
Canada’s 2025 federal budget delivered some welcome news for both employers and employees looking toward the future of work. Framed as an investment in long-term competitiveness, the budget includes funding for innovation, R&D and training programs designed to help Canadians build the skills employers are looking for in an AI-powered economy.
A breakdown of budget items that will affect Canada’s innovation economy reveals an emphasis on sovereign infrastructure and bridging funding gaps — critical to boosting homegrown solutions, which includes AI, cleantech and healthcare.
Companies including the 12 listed below are expanding and hiring right now.
Jobs in cleantech
Gatik
What it does: Gatik has developed a fleet of light- and medium-duty trucks to safely and efficiently deliver goods. These vehicles are currently being used by Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, Georgia-Pacific, Loblaw and Pitney Bowes.
In the news: Loblaw recently announced it will deploy 50 of Gatik’s fully autonomous trucks in Toronto, part of a five-year partnership with Gatik.
Current opportunities: Shunter/shift coordinator, autonomous vehicle operator.
Jule
What it does: Jule designs and manufactures EV fast-charging stations and energy storage units for commercial and government customers across Canada and the U.S. These units can be used as backup generators or as a source of passive income in commercial parking lots.
Fun fact: Previously known as eCamion, the Toronto-based company recently rebranded as Jule, says Nikki Ahluwalia, human resource manager at Jule. “We’re being a little bit more strategic in how we’re approaching what we offer to our network partners.”
Current opportunities: Electrical commissioning engineer, electrician, full stack developer, senior accountant.
Promise Robotics
What it does: Promise Robotics’ off-site home construction platform is helping to address the country’s housing shortage. The company’s AI-driven robotic technology helps users streamline the building of single-family homes, townhouses and multi-unit housing.
In the news: In October, the Toronto and Edmonton-based company opened a new factory in Calgary. The 60,000 square foot facility is fully automated, which, the company claims, can produce prefabricated homes in a matter of weeks.
Current opportunities: BIM software developer, lead site framer, senior robotics and control engineer.
Smarter Alloys
What it does: Smarter Alloys specializes in creating, testing and producing shape memory alloys — metals that can deform and return to its original shape at different temperatures. The company develops custom parts it claims are lighter and more reliable for medical, cleantech and aerospace applications.
Fun Fact: “Medical is still our biggest space, but we’re doing research and development on applications in automotive and aerospace. We also started a new project in sporting goods this year. It’s a little bit of a departure, but it’s a really fun project to get to work on,” says Krista Knudsen, controller at Smarter Alloys.
Current opportunities: Medical device engineer, mechanical design engineer, materials science engineer.
Jobs in health
Able Innovations
What it does: Toronto-based Able Innovations is developing technology that helps healthcare providers safely transfer patients in and out of beds and other clinical settings. This improves the patient experience and reduces the risk of injury for healthcare practitioners.
Fun fact: Co-founder Jay Singh was inspired to launch Able Innovations after volunteering at a long-term care home, where he witnessed the challenges faced by staff and patients.
Current opportunities: Field service technician, senior firmware engineer, validation engineer.
Medchart
What it does: Medchart is a cloud-based medical record-sharing platform that digitizes the process of requesting and releasing health information beyond healthcare facilities. This helps healthcare providers, lawyers, insurance providers and patients access necessary information with a focus on privacy.
In the news: Birmingham Community Healthcare in the U.K. rolled out Medchart this summer. Shanese Malcolm, a clinical team leader, says Medchart helps staff spend more one-on-one time with patients.
Current opportunities: Customer support specialist, revenue operations manager, data partnerships manager.
Tali AI
What it does: Tali AI helps healthcare professionals streamline their workflows by providing quick access to patient medical notes. Clinicians use the AI-powered platform to save time on administrative tasks like chart notations and assessments, allowing them to focus on patients.
In the news: The Toronto-based company has been selected for Canada Health Infoway’s AI Scribe Program, which offers clinicians free access to AI-powered tools that reduce documentation workload and improve efficiency in primary care.
Current opportunities: Sales executive, head of product, financial accounting manager.
Jobs in finance
Revaly
What it does: Revaly, formerly known as FlexPay, helps e-commerce merchants recover up to 70 percent of cart abandonment caused by declined payments. The FlexPay platform uses AI and machine learning models to help reduce churn by retrying the transaction at a different time, checking payment routing and reaching out to the customer if needed.
In the news: The Montreal-based fintech company rebranded from FlexPay to Revlay on November 4.
Current opportunities: Director of go-to-market (GTM) enablement
Plooto
What it does: Plooto is a business-to-business payments management system. The company automates the entire invoice-to-payment workflow, connecting to bank accounts, syncing with accounting software and moving funds between businesses with secure, trackable transfers.
In the news: In January, the startup announced it is now SOC II Type 2 compliant. That means Plooto’s internal security and financial controls are effectively designed and operating as intended.
Current opportunities: Senior financial analyst, senior accountant, developer security operations manager.
Jobs in software
ACTO
What it does: ACTO is an AI-powered platform designed for life sciences companies. It helps sales, marketing and medical teams improve customer engagement by delivering personalized, compliant content on demand.
In the news: Toronto-based ACTO has launched ACTOverse, a digital marketplace that connects biopharmaceutical and medical device companies with pre-vetted partners offering content, data and services to enhance field training and enablement.
Current opportunities: Contracts specialist, managed services specialist, data engineer.
ResQ
What it does: ResQ is a management platform that connects restaurant operators with service providers to handle repairs and maintenance. This helps restaurant managers and owners streamline operations, reduce downtime and improve service.
In the news: ResQ has integrated with ServiceTitan to streamline workflows for trades professionals. Jobs created in ResQ now appear automatically in ServiceTitan’s booking system, allowing trades to approve or decline work in real time without manual input.
Current opportunities: Account executive, full stack engineer, senior full stack engineer.
Weever
What it does: Weever Apps digitizes paper checklists and forms used by manufacturers. By moving safety checks, quality checks and other routine tasks onto a digital platform, factories get real-time data while workers on the floor save time and can share ideas and improvements directly with management.
What Weever Apps looks for in a candidate: “We work closely as a team, we help each other constantly and everything else can be taught. Skills matter, but attitude, openness and teamwork matter more,” says Dora Dezulovic, manager of customer success at Weever.
Current opportunities: Customer success team lead, software engineering team lead.
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Alex Kinsella