The Innovation Solution Developer plays a key role in building new solutions for the team, rapidly bringing new concepts to prototype or proof of concept for user testing and feedback, while preparing for potential production deployment.
While developing new software, the Developer works directly with the client Lab team, in a pod containing other Developers, user experience designers, and business analysts, to help actualize design work and concepts. Crucially, the Developer will also work directly with a team of university co-op students through project work and mentorship, providing guidance, knowledge, and support to these colleagues in an accessible way. This role reports directly to the Senior Manager – Lab Leader, client Lab, within Enterprise Innovation.
The client Lab pod is specifically pursuing initiatives that support “Big I” innovation for client, with a focus on “outside-in” innovation – concepts which start with a unique customer problem rather than a specific client business opportunity.
In following the client Innovation Framework, this Developer role is focused on software development and experimentation within the Ideation, Exploration, and Validation phases with an aim to maximize chance of product success.
With emerging complex technologies such as Generative AI and Immersive modalities such as Virtual & Augmented reality, the Developer role requires comfort in dealing with ambiguity and a passion for learning.
This includes working the team to jointly understand and educate the team on new technology opportunities, identifying where the team can safely leverage new tools and platforms, perform off-grid experimentation, and lead patent exploration for the team in partnership with OPI.
In this role at client Lab, you will have an opportunity to also explore emerging technologies, and be empowered to start/stop projects because of what the market tells you. This is a unique opportunity to work in a highly collaborative team, learn continuously, unleash your creativity, and move as quickly as your ability.
Job Requirements:
Work closely with other developers and designers, and at times with client lines of business, to develop extraordinary early-stage products and experiences
Work closely with co-op students in a mentorship role, and conduct resume reviews and interviews to hire co-ops each term
Participate in collaborative team ideation sessions and contribute to invention opportunities
Rapidly develop your vision of a solution into functional prototypes (for web and/or mobile)
Continuously enhance knowledge / expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technologies, emerging trends / developments and grow expertise of the business, applications, infrastructure analytical tools and techniques
Investigate the potential of emerging and enabling technologies (e.g. AI, VR/AR, big data, platform features)
Document and present innovation areas of opportunity to the team based on your own findings and experiences
Participate in Design Thinking sessions with team members, leading to building personas, storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes and prototypes, while bringing a focus toward future technical possibilities and feasibility
Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality, reusability and ease of maintenance
Represent the lab at public events including hackathons, conferences, and recruiting events.
Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues / points of interest
Must Have:
7+ years of relevant development experience including:
Object oriented programming languages
iOS (Swift), Android, or Flutter (Dart) mobile development experience
Experience and comfort working with Python, AI Frameworks, and Large Language Models
Web development experience (e.g. HTML, SCSS, ES6 JavaScript / Typescript, React, Vue, etc.)
RESTful APIs (e.g. NodeJS, Express, etc)
Understanding of cloud-based solutions and architecture
Git version control
Experience with an agile scrum methodology, and a user experienced focused development process.
Job Details13136Contract7 monthsKitchener
Expected salary
Location
Kitchener, ON
Job date
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:11:41 GMT
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