Careers at Tetrad

Only Canadian or U.S Citizens will be considered.

Who is Tetrad?

Tetrad, based in Vancouver, BC, has been one of North America’s foremost providers of demographic and mapping solutions for over 20 years.

Our principal software application, PCensus, is used by organizations ranging from fast-food restaurants to police departments to select optimum locations for businesses or other facilities, or to search for favourable new markets.  Our proprietary databases include standard demographics like age and income (derived from the population censuses of the US and Canada), as well as sophisticated estimates of consumer spending and behavioural patterns.

PCensus is optimized for the storage and manipulation of large volumes of data, with integrated mapping functionality provided by GIS Systems such as MapInfo, ESRI ArcGIS and Microsoft MapPoint to provide a seamless application accessible by non-technical users.

We are currently expanding our programming team in order to accelerate the development of new capabilities demanded by our extensive user base and to improve our ability to build new products and to offer specialized custom software services.

Job Description

We are looking for an individual who will become a long-term member of our team.  He or she will need to acquire a full understanding not only of the technical aspects of our code-base, but also of the practicalities of solving user’s real-world problems. The primary function will be the design, development and maintenance and documentation of program code, but it will also be essential to bring or to build an appreciation of the concepts and processes of demographic analysis and computerized mapping, in order to participate fully in the development of new and innovative features and solutions.

We need someone who will enjoy working in a small group in a relatively unstructured environment to create elegant solutions that anticipate the needs of our users.

His or her responsibilities will include:

• Acquiring an intimate knowledge of the concepts and methodologies of demographic analysis and computerized mapping.
• Participate in design and implementation of application features.
• Develop and test code according to informal specifications.
• Troubleshoot and solve application problems.
• Produce system documentation from code.
• Be prepared to undertake custom programming projects in a variety of environments, including Windows Desktop or web-based applications.

Required Qualifications

• Two or more years of C++ programming experience developing real-world applications.
• Knowledge and experience of object oriented programming (any languages but preferably C++).
• Windows programming (i.e. event driven programming)
• Windows API familiarity
• Good communications skills, including writing skills for documentation
• Ability to work independently or in collaboration.

Desirable Assets

• MFC experience
• .NET experience
• GIS experience
• Software Engineering and Software Architecture background
• Coop or previous work experience dealing with real world situations.

Work Environment

• Small office environment with open communication.
• Work satisfaction in creating solutions for user’s problems.
• Attractive compensation including fringe benefits with generous medical & dental Coverage.

Please submit your resumes or questions to:

Bernard Herring, VP Product Development

bherring@tetrad.com