
Senior AI Engineer
Astra-North Infoteck · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Weak hiring record · median 82 days open
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Senior AI Engineer
Toronto Downtown, ON - Hybrid (4 Days WFO)
In Person Interview Required
Key Responsibilities
AI Product Delivery
Lead and actively contribute to the development of AI products, pilots, and enterprise solutions with a focus on writing clean, maintainable code.
Architecture & Design
Design and architect scalable Generative AI solutions, including LLM pipelines, Agentic workflows, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Graph/RAG architectures, and complex prompt-based applications.
Cloud Infrastructure
Implement highly scalable, cloud-native solutions leveraging modern AWS services.
Optimization & Innovation
Optimize the performance of production AI products. Drive continuous learning and experimentation with cutting-edge Gen AI methods, frameworks, APIs, and emerging toolchains.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and domain experts to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
Technical Leadership
Act as an organization-wide Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Gen AI technologies to help shape the company's long-term AI strategy and technical roadmap.
Project Ownership
Manage timelines, deliverables, and project milestones using Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) to ensure reliable end-to-end product delivery.
Operations & Governance
Monitor operational metrics and incident data to improve system reliability. Ensure strict adherence to corporate governance and DevSecOps protocols.
Required Experience & Skills
Technical Expertise
- 10 + years of progressive engineering experience. - DO NOT SUBMIT LESS THEN 10 YRS EXP.
- 1–2 years of direct experience leading emerging technology or enterprise AI initiatives.
- Strong familiarity with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices and DevSecOps protocols.
Generative AI & LLMs
Core proficiency with commercial and open-source models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA), advanced prompt engineering, and LLM fine-tuning techniques.
AI Frameworks & Architectures
Deep hands-on experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Amazon Bedrock, Agentic AI, MCP, and Graph/RAG architectures.
Databases & Orchestration
Proven experience with Vector and Graph databases (Weaviate, Milvus, PGVector, Neo4J, Neptune), query optimization, and ETL orchestration using Apache Airflow/DAGs.
Cloud & DevOps (AWS)
Comprehensive knowledge of AWS infrastructure, including computation (EKS, Fargate, Lambda, EC2), networking/load balancing (ELB, GLB, NLB), data analytics (Athena, Glue, Lake Formation), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Puppet, Docker).
Full-Stack Development
Strong proficiency in Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Boto3) alongside modern web application development using Next.js, React, and TypeScript/JavaScript.
Testing & Analytics
Familiarity with automated AI and web testing frameworks (Ragas, Playwright, Zephyr, Selenium) and Business Intelligence tools (QuickSight, Tableau).
Skills
- Generative AI
- LLM
- Model Context Protocol
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- AWS
- LESS
- GPT
- Anthropic Claude
- Gemini
- Llama
- Prompt Engineering
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- Bedrock
- Weaviate
- Milvus
- pgvector
- Neo4j
- ETL
- Airflow
- EKS
- AWS Fargate
- AWS Lambda
- EC2
- ELB
- NLB
- AWS Glue
- Terraform
- Puppet
- Docker
- Python
- NumPy
- Pandas
- Matplotlib
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Playwright
- Zephyr
- Selenium
- Tableau
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