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COVID related layoffs - Support information and tech industry job search resources. A lot of this information sharing has been a direct result of the massive community rally from former Toronto tech company employees after their rounds of COVID terminations. @rafops and @jeffwebb-to thought it would be helpful to compile some of this information into a single document. The intention of this document is to put all of this shared information in one easily accessible and community modifiable place. If you'd like to get involved, add to this document, or think an edit is required, please get in touch or submit a PR.

We're located in Toronto Canada, so we're going to focus on our area but if you have resources for another area please feel encouraged to send a PR!

Sorry you've found yourself in this situation. It sucks, and it's not your fault. We couldn't have done anything different.

CONTENTS

CERB CANADA SUPPORT

First things first, make sure you qualify for Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). This is a fund aimed at helping Canadian workers who have found themselves out of work due to the current pandemic.

Information about the application process can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/benefits/apply-for-cerb-with-cra.html

RESUME SUPPORT

In an effort to help everyone look as sharp as possible while searching for work, we offer peer reviewing of resumes.

Because of the volunteer nature, this is on a best effort basis, there are many people looking for work right now, so we may be very busy with this work. We appreciate your patience.

To request a peer resume review:

  • Create a new issue and label it as resume-review.
  • Add your resume as Markdown or URL in the comments.

If you would like to volunteer to provide this service, please get in touch.

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JOB & TALENT SEARCH

Add your company with a PR if you are hiring! There are many resources for finding work during these times. Dispite many companies closing down, we have seen a massive surge in scale and business for organizations who operate in the online work enablement, health tech, home consumer entertainmnet, and many other online spaces.

If you are looking for talent, please check the lists below. There are thousands of talented and friendly folks who are looking at present.

CDN STARTUP #COVID19 TALENT HELP LIST

The "Talent Help List" is a grassroots, community hiring tool designed to help out-of-work talent in Canada's startup sector find remote work during the COVID-19 global crisis. The main resource, a collaborative Google Sheet, is modeled off of the single-company layoff lists used widely in the tech sector and reproduced on a larger scale: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11vWvewH0vug9ux9A1pS1wXZwmrJnb7NHEmzO26hknP0/htmlview

A fork of the above list has come to our attention, with a nice web front end at https://www.thehelplist.ca/. To add yourself there click: https://airtable.com/shrgI7OIJARimeMHk

LISTS OF ORGS HIRING NOW

This one is a list of companies who have hiring freezes, and companies who are actively looking for skilled employees: https://candor.co/hiring-freezes/

Another great list of companies still hiring: https://coda.io/@kenny/companies-still-hiring

JOB POSTINGS IN TORONTO

Multiple Openings @Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/careers/covid19

Back-End Developer @OpusOne: https://apply.workable.com/opusonesolutions/j/0E19C2EF25/

Multiple Openings @MaRS: https://www.marsdd.com/work-in-tech/

Multple Openings @Loblaw Digital https://loblawdigital.co/careers

REMOTE JOB LISTINGS

https://whoishiring.io

https://weworkremotely.com

https://remoteok.io

Networking Opportunities

Connecting with new people is a great way of finding a new job. Add events or tech community chats/slacks here that can help people to connect.

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TechMasters Jobs Repository

Toronto Tech Scene List

The following list is forked from @toriagibbs/toronto-tech-scene

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  1. Toronto-based Tech Companies
  2. Tech Companies with an Office in Toronto
  3. Tech Companies who can Hire Remotely in Ontario

Toronto-based Tech Companies

Company Industry/product Learn more
1password Secret Management 1password jobs
500px Photography 500px careers
Ada AI chatbot Ada careers
Ample Organics Cannabis software solution Ample Organics careers
Archon Small business software Archon careers
Autonomic Technology for transit and mobility Autonomic careers
Avail Personal Health Assistant Avail careers
BenchSci Machine learning for antibody search BenchSci careers
BioConnect Hardware Identity and Authentication BioConnect careers
BioSymetrics Biomedical data analysis BioSymetrics careers
BlueCat Network software BlueCat careers
BlueDot Public health, big data BlueDot careers
Borealis AI (RBC) Everything AI Borealis AI careers
Borrowell Fintech, credit reporting, loans Borowell careers
CampBrain Camp management software CampBrain careers
CareGuide Care services CareGuide team
Chisel AI NLP for insurance documents Work at Chisel AI
Cluep AdTech Cluep careers
Coinsquare Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare careers
Connected Product development firm Connected careers
CrowdRiff Travel tech, B2B Marketing Platform CrowdRiff careers
Dash MD Healthcare data management Dash MD on AngelList
Dessa Machine learning for business Jobs at Dessa
Dot Health Digital health records Jobs at Dot Health
Drop Customer rewards program Drop careers
eBlock Online car auction eBlock on LinkedIn
EnergyX Software for utility companies EnergyX careers
EventMobi Mobile event apps EventMobi careers
Fiix Computerized maintenance management system Fiix careers
FinanceIT Point-of-sale consumer financing FinanceIT careers
Flipp Retail technology Flipp careers
Format Online portfolio platform Format jobs
FreshBooks Accounting, invoicing FreshBooks careers
FundThrough Finance, funding, invoicing FundThrough careers
Gene42 Genetics, precision medicine Gene42 careers
HiMama Daycare app HiMama careers
Hubba B2B (business to business) e-commerce Hubba careers
Hubdoc Document collection software Hubdoc jobs
Indoc Research Research data management platform Indoc Research Careers
Influitive Advocacy marketing Influitive careers
Integrate.ai Customer Intelligence Platform Integrate.ai careers
Kira Systems Machine Learning in Legal Kira Systems careers
Kobo eBooks, eReader, audiobooks Kobo careers
Koho Financial services Koho Careers
Konrad Group Digital Agency Konrad Careers
Layer 6 (TD) Everything AI Layer 6 careers
League Health benefits League careers
Loblaw Digital Ecommerce, Retail Loblaw Digital
Maple Telemedicine Maple jobs
Muse Brain sensing headband Muse careers
Northern Block Blockchain Northern Block careers
NorthOne SMB Checking Account NorthOne Careers
Nudge Rewards Retail engagement app Nudge Rewards careers
Nulogy Supply chain Nulogy careers
Nymi Hardware Identity and Authentication Nymi careers
Nymity Privacy and Compliance Software Solutions Nymity careers
Oanda ForEx platform Oanda careers
OneClass Education, learning platform OneClass jobs
Opencare Healthcare, dental care Opencare careers
PathCore Digital pathology software PathCore careers
PathFactory Marketing (content) PathFactory careers
Paytm Labs Fintech / Mobile Payments Paytm careers
Platterz Catering + office culture platform Platterz careers
PolicyMe Insurtech PolicyMe careers
Primate Labs Performance analysis software Primate Labs jobs
Prodigy Educational math game for kids Prodigy careers
Properly Real estate Properly jobs
ProteinQure Biotech ProteinQure careers
Quandl Financial data Quandl careers
RBC Ventures Business financing, new ventures RBC Ventures careers
Resemble AI Text to speech Resemble AI Jobs
Rubikloud Machine Learning in Retail Rubikloud careers
Sensibill Digital Receipt Management for Digital Banking Apps Sensibill careers
Setter Home maintenance, personal assistant Setter careers
SickKids Research Biotech, A.I., high-performance computing (HPC), IT SickKids careers
SnapTravel Chat-based travel booking SnapTravel careers
Soroc IT solutions Soroc careers
StackAdapt Advertising & Marketing StackAdapt careers
Strategic Mapping Public Transit Technology Strategic Mapping careers
Structura Biotechnology Biotech Structura careers
Taplytics Customer engagement platform Taplytics careers
Ten Thousand Coffees Mentoring and Networking Ten Thousand Coffees careers
theScore Sports fan’s experience theScore careers
Think Research Care services Think Research careers
ThinkData Works Data insight ThinkData Works careers
Thomson Reuters Business intelligence Thomson Reuters jobs in Toronto
Top Hat EdTech, higher education teaching platform Top Hat careers
TouchBistro POS for Restaurants TouchBistro careers
TradeRev Online car auction TradeRev careers
TribalScale Product development TribalScale jobs
Tulip Retail Mobile platform for sales associates Tulip Retail careers
Tucows Internet services and telecommunications Tucows careers
TWG IT Services TWG careers
Uberflip Content experience management (marketing) Uberflip careers
Unata Online Grocery platform Unata careers
Universe Ticket sales Universe careers
Vena Solutions Business solutions software Vena Solutions careers
Wattpad Community for reading, writing, publishing Wattpad careers
Wave Financial software for small businesses Wave careers
Wealthsimple Finance, investment Wealthsimple careers
WGames Game Development WGames careers
Xanadu Photonic Quantum Computing and Advanced AI Xanadu careers

Tech Companies with an Office in Toronto

Company Industry/product HQ location Learn more
AbacusNext Business software San Diego, CA AbacusCareers
Altice USA Telecommunications Long Island City, NY Altice USA jobs Toronto
Amazon E-commerce Seattle, WA Amazon jobs Toronto
AMD Processors, Graphics and Technology Santa Clara, CA AMD careers
Assurance Insurtech Bellevue, WA Assurance careers
Autodesk Software San Rafael, CA Autodesk careers
Benevity Corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software Calgary, AB Benevity careers
Bolt E-commerce infra San Francisco, CA Bolt jobs
Cadre Real estate investment New York, NY Cadre careers
CircleCI Continuous integration, continuous delivery San Francisco, CA CircleCI careers
Cohesity Data backup, Data storage San Jose, CA Cohesity careers
Consensys Blockchain Brooklyn, NY Consensys careers
Coursera Online Learning Platform Mountain View, CA Coursera careers
Cover Insurance quote app San Francisco, CA Cover careers
Databricks Data Analytics Platform San Francisco, CA Databricks careers
eBay E-commerce, online auction (includes Kijiji!) San Jose, CA eBay careers in Toronto
Element AI AI Product Provider Montreal, QC Element AI careers
Etsy E-commerce for unique goods Brooklyn, NY Etsy careers
Fathom Health Machine learning for medical codes San Francisco, CA Fathom Health careers
Gatik Autonomous Vehicles Palo Alto, CA Gatik Toronto Careers
Google Tech... all the tech Mountain View, CA Google jobs Toronto
Gravitational Open source cloud delivery solutions Oakland, CA Gravitational careers
IBM Watson (AI), Db2 (Database), blockchain, compilers, cloud, devOps, design, security, enterprise software, consulting, support, and more... Armonk, NY IBM Canada careers
Index Exchange Ad tech New York, NY Index Exchange careers
Instacart Online grocery delivery San Francisco, CA Instacart careers
Intel Processors, SoC, FPGA Santa Clara, CA Intel Jobs Toronto
Jobber Field service software Edmonton, AB Jobber careers
Kindred Robotics San Francisco, CA Kindred careers
Lever Recruiting software San Francisco, CA Lever jobs in Toronto
LogDNA Log Management Software Mountain View, CA LogDNA careers
Magic Leap Augmented Reality Plantation, FL Magic Leap careers
Mark43 Public safety software New York, NY Mark43 careers
Mozilla Web browser Mountain View, CA Mozilla jobs in Toronto
Nextdoor Social Network San Francisco, CA Nextdoor careers
Nomis Solutions Fintech - Price Optimization San Francisco, CA Nomis Careers
Oracle Databases, cloud computing, enterprise software Redwood City, CA Oracle careers
PagerDuty Digital operations management San Francisco, CA PagerDuty careers
PAX Labs Cannabis technology San Francisco, CA PAX Labs careers
People.ai Revenue Intelligence San Francisco, CA People.ai careers
Pivotal Business solutions, developer tools, cloud platform San Francisco, CA Pivotal careers
Proofpoint Cybersecurity Sunnyvale, CA Proofpoint careers
Qualcomm Wireless and Mobile technology San Diego, CA Qualcomm careers
Red Hat Linux, Middleware, Open Source Raleigh, NC Red Hat careers
Rippling HR & IT Platform San Francisco, CA Rippling careers
ROSS Intelligence Legal research platform San Francisco, CA ROSS Intelligence careers
Scribd Digital library San Francisco, CA Scribd careers
Seequent Data visualization Christchurch, NZ Seequent careers
Sentiance IoT data analysis Antwerp, Belgium Sentiance jobs
Sentry Open source error & crash monitoring. San Francisco, CA Sentry careers
Shopify E-commerce platform Ottawa, ON Shopify careers
Shopkick Shopping rewards program Redwood City, CA Shopkick careers
Sidewalk Labs Urban innovation, city planning New York, NY Sidewalk Labs careers
Slack Collaboration tools, instant messaging San Francisco, CA Slack careers
Snap, Inc. Fun stuff (Snapchat, Bitmoji) Los Angeles, CA Snap careers
SoundHound Voice interfaces Santa Clara, CA SoundHound careers
SpankChain Blockchain, adult industry, social justice Los Angeles, CA SpankChain jobs
Square Financial services, mobile payments, payments hardware, and e-commerce San Francisco, CA Square careers
TELUS Digital Digital Labs for a major Canadian Telecom Vancouver, BC TELUS Digital careers
Trend Micro Security Tokyo, Japan Trend Micro careers
TrustArc Privacy and Compliance Software Solutions San Francisco, CA TrustArc careers
Turbonomic Workload automation for the cloud Boston, MA Turbonomic careers
Uber ride-sharing, food delivery, self-driving cars San Francisco, CA Uber Careers
Verint Business solutions, customer engagement management Huntington, NY Verint careers
Vision Critical CRM software, machine learning Vancouver, BC Vision Critical careers
VTS Leasing and Asset Management Platform New York, NY VTS careers
WorkMarket Freelance/contract management system New York, NY WorkMarket careers
Yelp Crowd Sourced Review Platform San Francisco, CA Yelp careers

Tech Companies who can Hire Remotely in Ontario

Company Industry/product HQ location Learn more
Accenture Digital consulting Dublin, Ireland Accenture careers
Apollo Open source GraphQL developer tools San Francisco, CA Apollo careers
Apple Consumer electronics Cupertino, CA Apple job search
Auth0 Identity access management Seattle, WA Auth0 careers
Automattic Website and e-commerce platform All-remote Automattic Jobs
Big Bear Software Custom software, websites, mobile apps Penticton, BC Big Bear Software careers
Close.io CRM / Sales communication platform All-remote Close.io jobs
Cockroach Labs Distributed database New York, NY Cockroach Labs careers
Confluent Enterprise Kafka, streaming applications Palo Alto, CA Confluent careers
Customer.io Automated messaging Portland, OR Customer.io careers
Datadog Monitoring & analytics New York, NY Datadog careers
DigitalOcean Cloud computing platform New York, NY DigitalOcean careers
Elastic Open source search, logs, analytics Mountain View, CA Elastic careers
Fastly Edge cloud platform, CDN San Francisco, CA Fastly careers
GitHub Development platform: code hosting, version control San Francisco, CA GitHub careers
Gitlab Development platform: Version control, CI/CD San Francisco, CA Gitlab careers
HashiCorp Infrastructure provisioning tools San Francisco, CA HashiCorp careers
IOHK Blockchain, cryptocurrency Hong Kong IOHK careers
Matrix.org Open source real time communication London, United Kingdom Matrix.org on AngelList
Mesosphere Enterprise cloud/container platform San Francisco, CA Mesosphere careers
NS1 Managed DNS New York, NY NS1 careers
Nylas Email, calendar, contacts San Francisco, CA Nylas careers
PacerPro Court litigation management software San Francisco, CA PacerPro on LinkedIn
Polymath Blockchain / Financial Services Barbados Polymath careers
Protocol Labs Internet protocols and tools No HQ (fully remote) Protocol Labs careers
Red Hat Linux, Middleware, Open Source Raleigh, NC Red Hat careers
Rivalry.gg Esports betting Isle of Man Rivalry.gg on LinkedIn
Stack Overflow Developer Q&A New York, NY Stack Overflow - Work Here
Stellar Cryptocurrency San Francisco, CA Stellar careers
Strava Social running and cycling San Francisco, CA Strava careers
Stripe Online payments San Francisco, CA Stripe careers
Twitter Social networking San Francisco, CA Twitter careers (Remote Canada)
Unsplash Open Visual Library, Search, Creative tools Montreal, QC Team
VEXXHOST Cloud computing services Montreal, QC VEXXHOST on LinkedIn
VMware Virtualization, cloud computing Palo Alto, CA VMWare careers
Zapier Task/Workflow automation San Francisco, CA Zapier careers

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