Top 5 startups near you // Part one.
Calling all students and recent graduates!
Are you looking for an internship or graduate position where you can see a real impact from your work? Or someone who is not sure what jobs are out there for someone with your education and experience?
Well, the Canadian tech and startup space is a great place to start. This industry has been growing and changing exponentially, which makes things exciting, but tricky to stay up-to-day and know what opportunities are out there, especially for students, who typically hear about jobs through their University career centre or word of mouth.
We, at Swivel, are here to help. Below you will find a list of the top five startup companies in each of the three Canadian tech hubs so that you can explore the opportunities near you! Don’t live in one of these cities? Not to worry — stay tuned for part two!
Toronto
Flybits: The global team at Flybits works to enable financial institutions to increase their customer engagement through channel enablement, experience orchestration, data management, and AI.
- Career Page: https://jobs.lever.co/flybits
Drop: Powered by machine learning, this e-commerce site connects its customers with high-quality brands to earn points and redeem them for rewards from companies like Netflix, Sephora, and Amazon.
- Career Page: https://jobs.lever.co/joindrop
BlueDot (on Swivel!): BlueDot is an infectious disease surveillance alert system that uses human and artificial intelligence to predict and assess outbreak risk. Now more than ever, BluDot is working to protect people around the world with its software.
- Career Page: https://bluedot.global/careers/
Koho: Since 2014, Koho has worked to reinvent the traditional banking system to offer its customers a Visa Prepaid card and a simple app to help them manage their spending and saving habits.
- Career Page: https://jobs.lever.co/koho
Ecobee: At Ecobee, they use technology to create a more sustainable future. Their intelligent thermostats, cameras, and sensors work together to improve their customers’ everyday life, while also respecting their privacy.
- Career Page: https://www.ecobee.com/en-ca/careers/job-board/
Ottawa
You.i: Cross-platform videos — Built with JavaScript and C++, You. i’s technology allows developers to display video apps across 11 possible platforms, such as mobile, tablet, game consoles, streaming devices, and more.
- Career Page: https://www.youi.tv/about/careers/
Welbi: Welbi uses real-time analytics and assessment tools to enable recreation teams to improve their residents’ satisfaction and quality of life. By automating wellness programming, recreation teams can spend time creating a more engaged community.
- Career Page: https://www.welbi.co/careers#Current-Postings
Rewind: Working with companies like Shopify, BigCommerce, and QuickBooks, Rewind provides its customers with backup software to protect the data driving their e-commerce platforms.
- Career Page: https://rewind.io/about/careers/
Kivuto: As a leader in the Edtech industry, Kivuto’s digital distribution solutions simplify the process of delivering digital products such as eTexts, digital courses, and academics. Software to a variety of B2B and B2C customers.
- Career Page: https://kivuto.com/company/careers/
GoFor Delivers: This On-Demand Logistics platform offers a suite of solutions that give merchants control over their last mile. From Fleet Management to Real-Time Tracking, GoFor reduces operational costs and increases customer satisfaction.
- Career Page: https://www.gofordelivers.com/
Vancouver
Klue: Klue is a competitive enablement platform designed to track competitor and market activity, collect and curate insights, to ultimately, improve company sales performance.
- Career Page: https://klue.com/jobs
CMD: Their Linux-first, cloud-native solution provides DevOps teams with the best-in-class security platform that’s easy-to-use, intuitive, and fully integrates into modern workflows.
- Career Page: https://jobs.lever.co/cmd
Unbounce: Using Conversion Intelligence, Unbounce helps its customers build and optimize landing pages, build and target pop-up ads, and track performance to increase conversion rates.
- Career Page: https://unbounce.com/careers/
Aspect Biosystems: The Aspect Biosystem comprises hardware, software, and scientific experts working to recreate complex and functional physiological structures for medical research, therapeutic discovery, and regenerative medicine.
- Career Page: https://www.aspectbiosystems.com/careers
Terramera: Terramera has revolutionized the agtech industry with its Actigate™ technology platform, which uses science, nature, and AI to reduce the abundance of global synthetic pesticides.
- Career Page: https://www.terramera.com/careers#CurrentOpenings
If, after going through this list, you are still unsure of where your personality and skillset fit best, take our quiz to find your startup soulmate!
