Distech Controls’ success and reputation are fueled by our world-class team of employees. We look for qualified individuals who are striving to succeed and that wish to actively contribute to our continued growth. Distech Controls values its team members and offers them a modern, motivating work environment, and competitive salaries and benefits.

Who is Distech Controls?

Distech Controls is a Canadian-based company located in Brossard, on the South Shore of Montreal (QC), with a European headquarter in Brignais (Lyon), France. We are proud to be part of the Acuity Brands’ family since 2015. Our mission is to connect people with intelligent building solutions for better health, better space, better efficiencies through our forward-thinking technologies and services. Our passion for innovation, quality and sustainability guides our business on a daily basis, as we light the way to a brilliant, productive and connected world.

Why Work for Distech Controls?

• Innovative driven company
• Dynamic workplace
• Open minded company
• Fast-paced company
• Modern work environment designed for our employees
• Indoor and outdoor bistro areas, lounges, coffee stations

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• Continuous professional development program
• Extensive benefits, including annual performance bonus, group insurance and retirement plan
• 5 floating days and 3 weeks’ vacation (prorated) from year one’
• Reward programs
• LEED-Certified building
• Foosball and ping-pong tables
• Situated near quartier Dix30
• On-site gym
• Daily fresh fruit
• Hot and cold beverages stations
• Accessible transportation services including OPUS card reader onsite
• Deep frozen meal prepared by culinary chefs
• Rewards program

Job Summary

Are you a team player who loves diving into technology? Do you want to contribute to a team that strives to solve demanding problems and operates in a space directly involved in reducing the carbon footprint of buildings?

Join our team! We are looking for a Front-End developer who has an excellent technical foundation in front-end technology such as React to be part of the Cloud team.

You will take part in Distech Controls’ constant innovation to create and maintain the best products on the market. You will be involved in innovative projects such as the development of web/cloud applications and mobile building management applications.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Development

• Develop fluid and responsive web applications using recent frameworks such as React / Typescript / Material UI.
• Use various communication methods such as REST and Websockets.
• Use your creativity to solve complex problems.
• Work with source code management and project management tools such as Azure Dev Ops / GIT
• Participate in the continuous integration and deployment of applications (CI/CD).
• Actively participate in exploration and research phases for product design.

Team

• Actively participate in daily Scrums, task planning, and agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate closely with various external stakeholders during development.
• Play a proactive role in improving design methods, tools, processes, and standards within the software team.
• Participate in the code review process during development. 

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering/computer engineering/computer science or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Front-End software development
• Strong knowledge of web technologies (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3)
• Solid experience in React and Typescript
• Structured, methodical and organized in their work
• Developed analytical and synthesis skills
• Great team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills
• Autonomy, leadership and initiative
• Ability to work in-office (hybrid) to the Distech Controls office in Brossard
• Bilingual French and English: To serve clients and external service providers across Canada and USA

Preferred Skills and Experience

Important

• Knowledge of the Microsoft Azure Devops environment, including Pipelines
• Knowledge of recent versions of ECMAScript
• Creativity in user interface development
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented concepts
• Ability to set up and follow project documentation
• Experience in developing unit tests
• Experience with Git

Asset(s)

• Experience with Material UI
• Experience with PWA
• Experience in .NET / ASP.NET development
• Experience with Docker/Container and Kubernetes
• Experience with Vite.js/Vitest, styled-components, redux, react-router-dom and storybook tools/libraries
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Knowledge of relational databases 

Distech Controls Inc. is owned by Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., which is located in the United States. These companies share a global recruitment system on which the data you provide will be stored, and which will be subject to the laws of the United States of America.