Posting Jobs & Recruiting Students

• Develop software in Java, C/C++, Python
• Master integrated development environments (Eclipse, IntelliJ)
• Implement test cases
• Understand modeling in UML, Use code generators
• Use modern version control systems (Git)
• Design simple digital circuits
• Know basics of shell scripts
• Have solid foundations in statistics, logics

• Develop multi-tier web applications
• Deploy software as a service over a cloud platform
• Familiar with advanced technologies: microservices, RESTful API, modern web frontends (Vue.js / React), Android, JavaScript
• Understand and contribute to continuous integration chains
• Initial experience in automated builds
• Experienced in test-driven development
• Advanced users of version control systems
• Initial experience in agile project planning
• Team work experience in a complex software engineering project
• Use database repositories and backends
• Programming using more complex data structures and algorithms

• Students will be specialized in one (or more) of key areas of software engineering, e.g.
  • software as a service,
  • computer games,
  • cyber-physical systems (e.g. Internet-of-Things, safety-critical systems), artificial intelligence and data science.

Software Engineering Co-op students are remunerated for the job duties that they perform as co-op students/interns. The determination of salary and benefits is left to the discretion of the employer (subject to the minimum requirements set forth in the Labour Code).

Salaries may be based on a variety of factors such as:

• Number of completed academic semesters;
• Number of past work terms completed;
• The company location (metropolitan area, geographical location, etc.) and;
• The current economic outlook.
• Some companies may also offer travel assistance, housing subsidies or assistance in locating housing, payment of student’s co-op fees, etc., in addition to the salary.

The employer must provide an official job offer letter to the student that includes the following details:

• The job position title
• Address of work
• Start and end dates of work
• Hours per week (standard is 35-40)
• Name of supervisor
• Rate of pay

Once the job offer letter is received, the student will:

• Sign and return the letter to the company prior to the start of the co-op work term;
• Submit a copy of the signed offer letter to the Software Co-op Office to ensure that the employment meets the co-op program's criteria of relevant experience (once the Software Co-op Office receives a copy of the signed co-op job offer letter from the student, the student will be cleared for registration in the appropriate co-op course);
• Register for the appropriate co-op course.

Please post co-op job opportunities to myFuture about one semester before the beginning of the work term. 

The McGill Software Engineering Co-op Program offers employers flexibility. This program does not use a ranking/matching system and each student is required to accept the first offer given. For this reason, it is to the employer’s advantage to post early to have access to the full cohort of candidates.

Summer work term: post your jobs as of December/January

Fall work term: post your jobs as of May

Winter work term: post your jobs as of September

Work terms must be full time (35 to 40 hours per week), last between 12 to 16 weeks within the work term and not overlap with the start or end of a different academic/work term. 

Summer term: The earliest start date is the first week of May and the end date should not surpass the last day of the last full week of August.

Fall term: The earliest start date is the first week of September and the end date should not surpass the last day of the last full week of December.

Winter term: The earliest start date is the first week of January and the end date should not surpass the last day of the last full week of April.

We encourage you to discuss your evaluation with the student before the end of the work term. Students welcome feedback on their job performance and see constructive criticism as part of the learning process. If a student is performing multiple co-op work terms with you, an evaluation will be required at the end of each term.

A link to an online form will be shared with both you and your student around the mid-point of the work term with instructions and the due date. A completed evaluation form is a required component for the student to be graded and receive co-op credit.

Within one month of completion of the work term, fill out and send the Revenue Quebec Tax Credit Form for co-ops to the Co-op Office at softwarecoop.engineering [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Quebec%20Tax%20Credits)  for review. A PDF copy of the digitally signed form will be returned to you signed by the Software Co-op Advisor. It is the employer’s responsibility to send the signed completed form to Revenue Quebec.

Please fill out the following sections:

• Section 1 Information about the company Renseignements sur la société, la société de personnes ou le particulier
• Section 2 Information about the interns Renseignements sur les stagiaires (McGill will fill out columns 11 and 12)
• Section 3 Information about the supervisors Renseignements sur les superviseurs