YOUR NEXT CO-OP PLACEMENT

Work term: Winter 2026

Work term length: 4 months

From classroom to co-op to career, every step of your journey has an impact on your future. That’s why it makes sense to choose a co-op placement with a company that offers truly rewarding work and real-life experience. At Definity®, your contributions, creativity, and energy will be put to good use, and you’ll get to be involved with initiatives that support our strategic goals and use your skills in a supportive team environment.

If you’re looking for a company that takes care of its people — full time, part time, and co-ops alike — and has a track record of doing big things, get ready to love it here.

What you’ll be doing

Implementation of the desired architecture (cloud, on premise, and hybrid), products, and vendors to be used for programs across the enterprise and ensure they satisfy our business and technology needs
Implementation of cloud-focused principles and standards to guarantee a scalable, flexible, resilient, and secure environment for Economical/Definity
Work with Engineers/Developers from other teams to recommend and implement appropriate DevOps solutions
Continuously assist with identifying & implementing improvement
Assist teams with actively identifying & resolving technical issues & blockers
Communicate status of assigned work & provide timely escalation of issues to ensure objectives are met

What you bring

Experience with application architectures, middleware, and technology platform architectures (cloud, on-premises, and hybrid)
Operations – Having built on the cloud, you also build and design for stability
Experience deploying full-stack solutions and building development capabilities on cloud platforms (AWS and GCP)
Familiar with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, Python, Bash
Currently enrolled in a university or College Program
Professional level cloud certification is a bonus

Did you know?

We care about our co-ops: Definity’s co-op students are considered the best pipeline of talent for our full-time, permanent positions. 
We care about students: Definity distributes $85,000 in scholarships to students across Canada each year. 
We care about our community: Definity donates more than $1 million every year to causes that drive true change in the neighborhoods in which we live and work.

What can Definity offer you?

Meaningful work forwarding our purpose of building a better world by helping our clients and communities adapt and thrive in their hardest times of need.
Culture of accountability, empowerment, and collaboration.
Opportunities to support personal and professional growth through real-life experience and unique learning opportunities.
Opportunity to join our employee groups - focused on women's empowerment, LGBTQ+, anti-racism and cultural equity, and environmental activism
Determined to create positive change for our environment, our people, and our communities, now and in the future. Check our ESG work!

Cloud Engineer

Definity Financial