YOUR NEXT CO-OP PLACEMENT
Work term: Winter 2027
Work term length: 4 months
From classroom to co-op to career, every step of your journey has an impact on your future. That’s why it makes sense to choose a co-op placement with a company that offers truly rewarding work and real-life experience. At Definity®, your contributions, creativity, and energy will be put to good use, and you’ll get to be involved with initiatives that support our strategic goals and use your skills in a supportive team environment.
If you’re looking for a company that takes care of its people — full time, part time, and co-ops alike — and has a track record of doing big things, get ready to love it here.
What can you expect in this role?
We are looking for Technology Solutions Co-op. Through this work, you will be utilizing both system analysis and technical skills. You will gain significant exposure to Data Engineering practices, exposure to distributed computing systems, and visibility into the business allowing you to understand policy lifecycle management and how distributed modern architectures are used to communicate to legacy-based environments.
This is an ideal opportunity for third- and fourth-year students. This position reports to the Big Data Team Lead and receives day-to-day supervision from the Project Manager and/or Technical Lead/Specialist.
What you’ll be doing
- Understanding Data Engineering concepts and related tools/technologies
- Preparing Data sample, performing Data ingestion and transforming Data in Google Cloud
- Working on different file formats (e.g. AVRO, ORC, Parquet) and data movement into and out of Cloud based DBs.
- Coding in either Python, Spark or Scala
- Writing Shell Scripts
- Preparing and executing SQL based queries
- Documenting process using Confluence
- Gaining experience of issue tracking (Jira), source code management (Bitbucket), continuous integrations and build tools (Jenkins), package management and testing framework
What you bring
- Currently enrolled in a full-time co-op program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Foundational knowledge of data engineering concepts and interest in working with large-scale data systems
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Spark, or Scala
- Basic understanding of SQL and working with relational or cloud-based databases
- Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud) or strong willingness to learn
- Familiarity with data formats (e.g., AVRO, ORC, Parquet) and scripting/automation (e.g., Shell) is an asset
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and learning agility in a fast-paced environment
- Effective communication and documentation skills
- Exposure to tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, or Confluence is an asset, with a collaborative team mindset
Did you know?
- We care about our co-ops: Definity’s co-op students are considered the best pipeline of talent for our full-time, permanent positions.
- We care about students: Definity distributes $85,000 in scholarships to students across Canada each year.
- We care about our community: Definity donates more than $1 million every year to causes that drive true change in the neighbourhoods in which we live and work.
What can Definity offer you?
- Meaningful work forwarding our purpose of building a better world by helping our clients and communities adapt and thrive in their hardest times of need.
- Culture of accountability, empowerment, and collaboration.
- Opportunities to support personal and professional growth through real-life experience and unique learning opportunities. Our Leadership Essentials program builds knowledge and skills to Team Leaders to Directors
- Opportunity to join our employee groups - focused on women's empowerment, LGBTQ+, anti-racism and cultural equity, and environmental activism.
- Determined to create positive change for our environment, our people, and our communities, now and in the future. Check our ESG work!