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Wenco International Mining Systems (www.wencomine.com), a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), provides industry leading, innovative technologies to customers in the mining and material movement sectors, enabling sustainable and safe operations.
As Wenco continues to build our next generation of technology, we need a wide range of professionals to help us achieve our objectives. We are currently looking for a full-time Software Developer with skills in modern .NET application technologies to join our R&D office located in Vancouver, Canada or Brisbane, Australia.
Reporting to the Research & Development Manager, the Software Developer will work as a member of an agile software team. We are looking for someone who can partner with our UX design team and apply their software engineering skills to design and implement innovative experiences for applications that include mine operations, autonomous mining fleets, IoT and asset health.
User Experience Technology at Wenco
Wenco’s product line is primarily focused on serving two categories of user experiences
1. Devices attached to mobile equipment and mobile devices
- This includes industrial touch screens attached to mobile equipment and mobile devices including Android and iOS handsets.
2. Mining Operations Centers
- This includes large multi-screen displays that are used to control operations at a mine.
In Wenco’s existing products, the majority of the user interfaces are developed as native Microsoft Window’s applications using .NET WinForms, WPF and Xamarin
Key Responsibilities
Development
- Design and implement features into existing Windows applications
- Contribute to design and implementation across the enterprise solution
- Support technical services and operations teams with investigation and reproduction of customer issues.
Technical Leadership
- Be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement
- Promote a culture of quality within the development team
- Work with the Product Owner to help set direction for the team
Product Development Support
- Interface with product management/owners and developers to define and improve requirements and automated and manual test cases.
- Work with the Technical Documentation team to create content for instructions and user guides for customers
Qualifications & Skills
- A minimum of 3 years work experience as a software developer
- Extensive experience with modern desktop application development using the latest .NET C# WPF Libraries with a strong focus on Inversion of Control
- Knowledge across the whole development lifecycle from partnership with UX design to development, unit testing, automated functional testing, deployment and monitoring
- Demonstrated experience working with Scrum practices
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including best practices related to coding standard, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and deployment
Highly Regarded
- Experience with .NET WinForms
- Experience with Database design and programming (MS SQL Server)
- Experience with front end web development, particularly React / Typescript
Nice to Have
- Experience with Windows C++
- Experience and/or knowledge of the mining industry
Education & Eligibility
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
- Must be eligible to work in Australia or Canada
Why Join Wenco?
- We provide opportunities for career-growth within a fast-scaling global company
- We invest in continuous training and professional development (in-house and external) to learn the latest technologies
- We offer flexible remote work arrangements
- We offer our employees an attractive profit-sharing plan that provides them with the benefits of their hard work
- We have a referral program – work alongside your friends and receive from $3000 to $5000 (equivalent to Canadian currency) for each successful referral!
- We are heavily involved in the community and join various events of non-profit organizations
- We pride ourselves on our company culture (over the last 5 years we have scored between 97% and 100% in our employee surveys on Inclusion and Diversity in the workplace)
- We have free counselling for you and your family via our EAP helpline
- We offer much more!
Wenco advances the efficiency and safety of the world’s surface mining equipment through our fleet management systems. We are committed to providing a stable yet exciting work place environment for individual employees to build and grow their career with the Company.
Wenco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Disclaimer
The information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. It is not intended as an employment contract. Job descriptions are subject to change, which may not necessarily affect compensation.
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As our team experiences high volumes of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To be considered, please ensure a resume is attached.
