What you’ll be doing:
Communitech is leading a community-wide initiative - called the - to help small and medium-sized businesses adopt AI. As part of this initiative, Communitech is running an AI adoption pilot internally and this is where you come in!
We are recruiting a team of 3 students (2 Software Development roles and 1 Product Management role) to work with the Communitech team and our external partner, AltaML, to develop a custom agentic AI tool.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
Participating in the design, development and testing of solutions
Implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
Collaborating with AltaML to write production ready code that is easy to read, secure and well unit-tested
Providing feedback on colleagues code as part of code review process
Writing automated unit and integration tests for client solutions
Performing quality assurance of solutions implemented
Following security best practices for solution deployments
Implementing data security requirements and best practices
Coordinating the effective use of your time, often balancing priorities between multiple projects
Integration of ML components with existing business systems
Development and integration of cloud components in Azure, AWS and GCP
Development of simple front-end applications using the SPA framework
Continuous identification of process improvement opportunities
Working with project teams and clients to understand their requirements
Proactively pursuing self-instruction on relevant technical topics and new concepts
Generating written reports and documentation as needed
Qualifications
Confident, clear, and concise communication (written, verbal) and strong active listening skills
Ability to collaborate and work in a team
Ability to work independently
Maintain confidentiality
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS
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Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers,
and environments
Working knowledge understanding of code versioning tools (GIT)
Working knowledge of C#, Python or a similar development language that indicates you could easily transfer the knowledge
Experience creating RESTFUL services using a framework is highly desirable
Experience with Agile and Scrum is highly desirable
Experience with microservice architecture is highly desirable
Experience with unit test and debugging skills is highly desirable
Experience with database schema creation is highly desirable
Experience with containers (E.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Containers) is highly desirable
Experience with Dev Ops and taking solutions to the Cloud (E.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) is highly desirable
Experience with fundamental design principles behind building scalable applications is highly desirable
Experience with authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments is highly desirable
Working knowledge and experience with Large Language Models (LLM) and/or Agentic Solutions is considered an asset
Experience with React is an asset
Compensation
The hourly rate of pay will be $20.00-$31.00. Final compensation decisions will be based on the students’ university’s co-op earnings guidelines, in addition to the students’ work term and experience.
This role has a target start date of January 19, 2026. It is a co-op, contract role that is set to end on April 24, 2026.
Communitech is based in downtown Kitchener, Ontario; we are located on a Grand River Transit ION Transit route. We work in-office five days a week (37.5 hours/week) because great things happen when we're together — creating space for deeper collaboration and stronger relationships with each other and the ecosystem we support.
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