Windows Developer
About Safe Software
Spatial data is everywhere: web mapping servers, navigation systems, personal GPS, and even the next generation of cellular phones. Safe Software produces the technology that unlocks data from the world-leading spatial data producers like government, military, and utility companies for use in new killer apps including Google Maps, Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth and MapPoint.
We have been shipping our FME® product to customers worldwide for over a decade, and have become the world's leading supplier of translation and transformation software. Our technology provides connectivity between products from companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Autodesk, ESRI, Intergraph, Bentley, and MapInfo. FME is now used by over 5500 customers in a variety of industry domains including GIS, CAD, GPS, telecom, utilities, oil and gas, and all levels of government from municipal to federal. We also have OEM partnerships with many leading CAD and GIS vendors listed above. All told our technology is embedded and in use by easily another 100,000 users worldwide.
We have a long standing relationship with the Co-operative education programs from Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, and the University of Waterloo. In fact, close to half of our full-time development staff has graduated from one of these co-op programs and at any given time, students from all four universities are likely to be doing a co-op work term. Co-op developers play an important role in the teams that design, implement, and test key software components that extend our core technology and enable us to enter new markets.
Developer Positions at Safe Software
We are looking for co-op students and graduates to join our Software Development department. Development teams are typically small with 3-5 members, and are responsible for the design, implementation and test of new FME components or the maintenance of existing components. Some example teams are: Platform, GUI, Formats, Third-party Integrations, and Quality Assurance. Successful candidates are automatically enrolled in the earliest available on-site FME training course.
Skills Required
- Good knowledge of object-oriented design.
- Good programming skills in C++ and Java.
- Experience developing production software.
- Excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Developer Studio an asset.
- Knowledge of spatial data domain an asset.
Additional Information
Safe Software is located in Surrey, BC. By car, you can reach Safe in about 30 minutes traveling from the Vancouver International Airport and 45 minutes traveling from downtown Vancouver. By bus, it takes 25 minutes to reach Safe Software from the Surrey Central SkyTrain Station. There are two buses that travel from Surrey Central to Safe Software every half-hour during normal working hours.
Employees at Safe Software get together, usually twice a week, to play sports during the lunch hour. The two most popular sports at Safe are hockey and soccer. Safe Software also has a foosball table and a hockey table that employees can use during their breaks.
For additional information please visit www.safe.com/aboutus/careers/lifeatsafe
Cover Letter Required
Transcript Required
Contact Info
Director Human Resources
7445 - 132nd Street
Surrey, BC
Canada V3W 1J8
Tel: 604-501-9985
Fax: 604-501-9965