About Us

Amsted Canada is not only a leader in the manufacture of industrial components, we are a company where you are the driver of your own career.  At Amsted, we know that our employees are at the heart of our world-class business and we value you and want you to excel with us. We spend time understanding where you want your career to go and help you get there by offering the support and resources that will allow you to grow with us.  At Amsted, we also encourage a spirit of Innovation by allowing time and space to experiment, to think differently and to challenge the status quo.  If this is the type of environment where you believe you will thrive, we encourage you to join us.

Operating under the Amsted Industries umbrella since 1962, today we are meeting the growing needs of a global market with over 80 facilities across six continents.

Amsted Canada has established a new Business Center in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.  We are elevating our Global Technology teams in several areas including but not limited to Security, Development, Infrastructure, Emerging Technology, SAP, and Engineering.  These teams are instrumental in providing support to all Amsted affiliate locations worldwide.

Amsted Digital Solutions, part of Amsted Rail, is a leading provider of software solutions and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) systems for supply chain visibility and condition monitoring.  Our customers (railroad operators, rail asset owners, and shippers) use our solutions to monitor railcars and other remote assets to gain operational insight in near-real time through our platform.

At Amsted Digital, we are dedicated to solving our customer's challenges using the expertise and technical innovation required to transform data into actionable intelligence.

Position Details:

Amsted Digital Solutions is seeking a skilled Software Developer with a strong background in C#, SQL, and DevOps.  The ideal candidate will have experience working with event-driven microservices and RESTful APIs, non-relational data repositories, CI/CD pipelines (Terraform), and a solid understanding of Azure services.

This role is a backend position on the Asset team, focused on gathering and generating intelligence for railcars. We combine and synthesize device data, data-analytics output, and external sources to provide additional insights to our users, and an overall view of their assets.

 What we offer you:

• Autonomy to help drive the development of our growing office on Prince Edward Island in a role that will impact our growth and how we work across all of our functions of Amsted Rail and with our sister Amsted divisions
• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package that only begins with a strong base salary commensurate with skills and abilities, but includes annual incentive opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package
• Investment into your personal and professional development to ensure you remain at the top of your field and can reach your goals
• Being a part of team who cares about YOU – the professional and the person

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software in C#, .NET, SQL, and Terraform
• Implement solutions using event-driven architecture
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for various CRUD operations
• Work with Azure services including Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Event Grid, queues, blob storage, and storage tables
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
• Generate documentation to capture the design of new features within the Asset Management domain
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist in the evaluation of new frameworks, cloud components, and tools

Required Skills/Abilities:

• At least 3 years of proven experience in C# and SQL
• Experience with event-driven architecture and RESTful API development
• Proficient in Azure services (Cosmos DB, MSSQL, Event Grid, etc)
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Outstanding written communication and teamwork abilities, essential for collaboration within our geographically distributed team
• A passion for programming and proficient with git/source control
• Experience in a similar industry or with similar technology environments
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies

 Compensation & Benefits

• Excellent base salary and targeted annual bonus structure
• Comprehensive employee benefits package including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, salary continuation, and a health spending account.
• Company pension program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement credit

This position is being filled in our Charlottetown office and is not available for remote work at this time.

Amsted Rail offers employees the stability of an established industry leader, along with the chance to learn, grow, advance and make a difference. As a private company and 100% employee-owned, we are all stakeholders in this business and all have a common goal to make this company not only a profitable company, but also a place to grow our careers. We strive to be a place that people are attracted to, and we go steps beyond to make sure our employees are happy on the job – and away from it.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT