Co-op Application Developer

Primary job focus:

To develop software as a member of Niche's technical team, creating n-tier client-server software for use by law enforcement agencies. Co-op students implement internal and customer-submitted change requests that are deployed to customer implementations of NicheRMS and are used in the daily activities of law enforcement officers and support staff.

Co-op students are exposed to a cross-section of advanced techniques in RDBMS and middleware design and implementation, as well as the specifics of Windows, .NET, and Web UI application development. Students will improve their ability to write clean, re-usable, scalable code through structured code reviews and ongoing mentoring by members of the development team.

Students will also gain experience working within a very large code base (several million lines) and integrating their work into the Niche git repository. Development is performed with an industry-standard toolset, including Microsoft Visual Studio (C++, C#, the .NET platform), Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.

Niche Technology Inc. is an industry-leading developer of advanced law enforcement software, marketing its software to customers across North America, Australia and the UK. With more than 100 police agencies worldwide using our systems, Niche is the preeminent supplier of mission critical data/case management software for police.

Niche relocated to a new office building in August 2018. The entire development team is centralized on-site at this new location, allowing for ease of communication and collaboration. Niche Technology offers a casual and friendly environment. Some perks include an on-site gym, catered lunches on Fridays, flexible hours, standing desks, and gaming consoles in the lunchroom.

Niche Technology offers a stimulating, collegial workplace that is an ideal environment for computer science co-op students. We have participated in the University of Manitoba Computer Science Co-op program for approximately 25 years and have been recognized as consistently providing outstanding co-op placements. Most of our team members were U of M co-op students, and we aim to continue expanding our development team by offering exceptional fulltime employment opportunities for co-op program graduates.

• Familiarity with relational databases and UI design is advantageous but not required.
• Interest and enthusiasm for developing modern, easy-to-use software is essential.
• A desire to learn and improve as a developer is also crucial.
• A routine security clearance check is required.

Because of the nature of this work and our clients, you must be able to meet the following requirements:

• Able to obtain security clearance
• Be a Canadian citizen or have PR status
• Have no indictable offense/felony convictions
• Be a student in the University of Manitoba Computer Science Co-op program.

If you don't meet the above requirements, you will not be able to acquire mandatory security clearance within co-op program timelines.