12 Canadian companies hiring right now
Breaking into an exciting tech role doesn’t always require training or experience in high-tech skills like coding or AI programming. In fact, many innovative companies in health, climate, finance and software keep their eyes peeled for candidates with different backgrounds.
“Technical skills can always be learned,” as Amy Yang, the co-founder and CEO of cleantech firm Seafoam Materials puts it plainly. “We look for people who approach problems with curiosity coupled with a real passion for climate solutions. People who care about how we change the way we build, for the better.”
Hiring ventures are looking for people with finance, sales, HR and marketing experience. Ready to put your experience to work making a difference? Here are 12 Canadian tech companies hiring right now.
The job market might not be facing an AI apocalypse after all. The Wall Street Journal reports Google and other tech giants are actively hiring people to work alongside AI in order to deliver on long-term business goals.
Here in Canada, smaller (but just-as-ambitious) tech ventures are hiring to scale, including Multiverse Computing, which just announced a U.S.$570 million fundraising round.
Whether you want to work on large language model compression or join a team in climate, health or finance, here are 12 Canadian companies hiring right now.
Jobs in cleantech
CoLab Software
What they do: Designing new products requires engineering teams to review hundreds of pages of specifications. To streamline this process, St John’s-based CoLab built an AI platform that helps teams identify manufacturing issues before factory production begins.
The work culture: “It’s the ambition level of Silicon Valley mixed with the core values of Newfoundland and Labrador,” says co-founder and CEO Adam Keating. “People treat each other so well, but they’re ambitious about their work which creates this beautiful environment.”
Current opportunities: Strategic technical product manager, senior back end developer and field enablement coach.
Multiverse Computing
What they do: Multiverse Computing, with offices in Toronto, builds software that reduces the energy consumption of AI. The startup compresses AI models to run more efficiently, without reducing performance.
In the news: The company announced a U.S.$570-million funding round to expand operations in Asia, the Middle East and the U.S.
Current opportunities: Finance analyst, senior data engineer and head of communications.
Promise Robotics
What they do: Promise Robotics, with operations in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, is automating the homebuilding process. The company uses industrial robots to assemble housing sections in off-site factories, speeding up construction and reducing costs associated with labour shortages.
Fun fact: Alongside venture capital firms like Relay Ventures and Radical Ventures, Promise Robotics also gained the support of one notable “blue-collar” investor — the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Current opportunities: Software developer, senior site framer and industrial engineer.
Jobs in health
Able Innovations
What they do: Toronto’s Able Innovations’ advanced robotics perform patient transfers in clinics and hospitals — a physically-demanding task for healthcare workers. This solution autonomously navigates busy corridors, docks beside beds and transfers patients safely, reducing the risk of injury while ensuring a more dignified experience for patients.
Fun fact: CEO Jay Singh launched Able Innovations after hearing stories from his mother, a healthcare worker, about her colleagues’ workplace-related injuries.
Current opportunities: Partnerships and success specialist and supply chain coordinator.
Future Fields
What they do: Edmonton-based Future Fields uses genetically modified fruit flies to produce vital proteins for drug discovery and food technology — molecules that are otherwise difficult or impossible to make. Founder and CEO Matt Anderson-Baron notes this approach offers major advantages in cost, scalability, sustainability and molecular variety.
The work culture: “We try to create an environment where good ideas can come from anywhere,” says Anderson-Baron. “People can challenge ideas. We try to be very transparent from top to bottom.”
Current opportunities: Financial controller and biomanufacturing insect technician.
Maple
What they do: Maple is a virtual care platform that allows users to see a doctor online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Patients can securely text, call or video chat with a Canadian-licensed doctor.
What’s it like working at Maple? Our Hire Learning series takes you behind-the-scenes at the company’s downtown Toronto office.
Current opportunities: Platform engineering director, client success manager and senior product marketing manager.
Jobs in finance
Revaly (formerly FlexPay)
What they do: Revaly helps e-commerce merchants recover up to 70 percent of cart abandonments caused by falsely declined payments. Its AI and machine learning platform reduces customer churn by retrying transactions at optimal times, rerouting payment paths and reaching out to buyers directly.
Fun fact: The Montreal-based company estimates more than $300 billion in legitimate global transactions “disappear” annually not because customers change their minds, but because of payment processing glitches.
Current opportunities: Product manager and account executive.
Shakepay
What they do: Montreal-based Shakepay allows Canadians to buy, sell and transfer Bitcoin through a mobile app. Its platform makes cryptocurrency transactions fast, secure and accessible to everyone.
In the news: Shakepay was approved as a participating institution in the Interac e-transfer service.
Current opportunities: Senior paralegal, staff product designer and senior software engineer.
Trulioo
What they do: Trulioo is a Vancouver-based digital identity company that helps businesses verify customers and organizations online. Banks, credit unions, payment providers, marketplaces and crypto firms use its platform to comply with anti-money laundering regulations and block fraudulent accounts.
In the news: Trulioo launched its AI-powered system that identifies a business’s real owner when corporate registries are outdated or incomplete.
Current opportunities: Compliance analyst, account executive and intermediate software engineer.
Jobs in software
ACTO
What they do: ACTO is an AI-powered platform designed for life sciences companies. It helps sales, marketing and medical teams to deliver consistent, compliant messaging about clinical and product information to healthcare providers.
Fun fact: Three University of Waterloo roommates founded the Toronto-based company in 2014 when they reunited years after graduation.
Current opportunities: Agent experience engineer.
Employment Hero (Humi HR)
What they do: Toronto-based Employment Hero helps small- and medium-sized businesses manage HR, payroll and benefits. Its platform automates onboarding, time-off requests and payroll processing.
Fun fact: Employment Hero stores its Canadian customer data on Amazon web servers located in Canada, backed by triple ISO certification and SOC 2 Type II compliance.
Current opportunities: Sales development representative, mobile engineer and finance administrator.
Leap Tools
What they do: Leap Tools’ proprietary augmented reality (AR) visualization platform helps people buy home decor and furniture items online and in-store. By allowing customers to preview items in their actual space before buying online or in-store, the tool removes guesswork, boosts sales and reduces returns.
In the news: Maria Levshin, talent acquisition consultant at Leap Tools, shares how the company uses on-campus employer information sessions to reach potential candidates.
Current opportunities: Customer success manager, senior software developer and associate product manager.
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Alex Kinsella