ABOUT RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS
Ribbon Communications is a company with two decades of leadership in real-time communications. Built on world-class technology and intellectual property, the company delivers intelligent, secure, embedded real-time communications for today’s world. The company transforms fixed, mobile and enterprise networks from legacy environments to secure IP and cloud-based architectures, enabling highly productive communications for consumers and businesses. With 64 locations in 27 countries around the globe, Ribbon’s innovative, market-leading portfolio empowers service providers and enterprises with rapid service creation in a fully virtualized environment. To learn more, visit ribboncommunications.com.
OPPORTUNITY
Ribbon Communications is seeking a skilled and motivated Junior Backend Developer. The role will require supporting the design and development of data pipelines, data analytics, and visualization solutions on the Ribbon Analytics product. You will help build and enhance our Big Data and Analytics platform and work with technologies such as Kubernetes/Docker, Hadoop, and others, within a virtualized, microservices-based architecture.
Ribbon Analytics is a big data network analytics and security product that collects, processes, and responds to massive amounts of data collected from the network, leveraging machine learning and other techniques to analyze trends and outliers in the data and take action to mitigate security threats, fraud, and other issues in a customer’s network.
We are seeking a self-driven candidate with a strong work ethic and a focus on creating scalable data analytics and machine learning solutions.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of backend services and APIs.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well documented code under guidance from senior developers.
- Participate in code reviews and team discussions to learn best practices and improve code quality.
- Collaborate with senior developers, QA, and DevOps teams to integrate backend services with other system components.
- Help troubleshoot, debug, and improve backend performance and reliability.
- Learn and work with microservices, containerization tools, and cloud deployment environments.
- Be onsite 3 days a week at our Ottawa office.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 0–3 years of development experience (internships and co‑op terms count).
- Basic understanding of backend development principles and REST APIs.
- Familiarity with database technologies (SQL or NoSQL).
- Programming experience with one or more backend languages (Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, etc.).
- Willingness and ability to quickly learn new tools, technologies, and frameworks.
- Exposure to microservices or containerization tools such as Docker or Kubernetes (academic or project‑based experience is acceptable).
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The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position in all geographic locations is $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 annually. Actual compensation within the range will be determined based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills and education. The compensation package also includes eligibility for an incentive plan and comprehensive benefits, subject to applicable requirements.
Please Note:
'All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, on the basis of disability, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.'
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Ribbon Communications Ottawa, Ontario, CAN Office
500 Palladium Dr suite 2100, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2V 1C2
