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DistillerSR

DistillerSR

Software Engineering
Kanata, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posted on Aug 26, 2025

Job Title: Software Developer
Department: Software Development

Reports to: Development Team Lead

Term: Full-Time Continuing

Location: Hybrid/Remote

About Us:

Behind every innovative new medical device, new healthcare policy, and research into new treatments, there’s a

literature review. At DistillerSR Inc., we’re changing the way that scientific research is conducted. Founded in

2008, DistillerSR is the world’s leading AI-enabled workflow automation and evidence management platform for

streamlining the production of critical literature-based health research.

DistillerSR is used by 80% of the top 10 global medical device and pharmaceutical companies to inform life-

changing product research, prepare regulatory submissions and to monitor for safety issues with medical products

once in market. At DistillerSR, we have three core values: Always Leading, Always Innovating, and Always

Trusted. Our amazing team lives these values every day and our customers trust us to bring them innovative,

world-leading solutions that power their important work.

Scope of the Role:

Under the supervision of your Team Lead; you will collaborate with Software Development, QA and Infrastructure teams to design, implement, and maintain high-traffic applications. You will also work closely with Product Owners, UX Designers, and other stakeholders to ensure project objectives align with customer needs.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Work independently and collaboratively with Software Development, Quality Assurance, and Infrastructure teams
  • Troubleshoot issues across services/applications
  • Maintain automated test coverage.
  • Participate in code reviews and pull requests
  • Work closely with Product Owners, UX, and other stakeholders to validate project objectives.

Note: Duties are not limited to those listed above. Additional duties may be assigned as required. However, reasonable consultations with personnel will be made if possible, under business conditions

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 2 to 4 years of professional experience in software development
  • Experience with common web technologies, such as HTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Python, JavaScript, Java
  • Experience with the Agile Development Methodology
  • Experience working with and building REST APIs
  • Understanding of application security requirements e.g. XSS protection, CSRF, Content Security Policies, SQL Injection protection with implementation as standard practice
  • Experience with designing and optimizing the data tier of web applications.
  • Comfortable with Unit Testing and Integration Testing (Selenium and Behat)
  • Strong communicator and self-starter

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of AWS
  • Experience with Linux, microservices architecture, Kubernetes
  • Experience with Angular and MVC frameworks
  • Experience with MySQL and Mongo
  • A positive attitude with an interest in expanding responsibilities