AI Engineer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$160,000 to $210,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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- $160,000 to $210,000 CAD / year
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Original job description
Our client is looking for an AI Engineer to help build the next generation of agentic AI systems! If you’re passionate about LLMs, intelligent retrieval, and building scalable AI solutions that solve real-world customer challenges, this could be an exciting opportunity for you.
🔍 What You’ll Do
- Build and deploy backend systems that power agentic workflows and multi-step AI agents.
- Design and optimize retrieval, ranking, and RAG pipelines using hybrid search, vector databases, and reranking techniques.
- Develop evaluation frameworks to measure AI quality, relevance, latency, and end-to-end task success.
- Improve LLM-powered workflows for accuracy, reliability, and performance in production.
- Collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver customer-focused AI solutions.
- Explore and integrate emerging advances in LLMs, retrieval architectures, and agentic reasoning.
💡 What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years of experience building and operating production backend systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with search, retrieval, or ranking systems.
- Experience building or evaluating LLM-powered applications, RAG pipelines, or agentic workflows.
- Strong Python and backend engineering skills, with experience in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Pinecone, FAISS, PostgreSQL/PGVector, or similar technologies.
- Experience using AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
- A customer-first mindset, strong ownership, and the ability to turn ambiguous challenges into practical solutions.
🛠️ Technology Stack: OpenAI | Anthropic | PyTorch | Transformers | Elasticsearch | Pinecone | PostgreSQL | Langfuse | MLflow | GCP | Docker | Kubernetes | Python
💰 Salary: CAD $160,000 - $210,000/year (depending on experience)
📍 Location: Toronto, Canada
🏢 Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office
✨ Why Consider This Opportunity?
Our client offers the opportunity to tackle challenging AI engineering problems, build production-grade agentic systems, and help transform cutting-edge AI technology into meaningful customer outcomes.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence tools may be used to screen, assess or select applicants as part of our recruitment process. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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Responsibilities
Build and deploy backend systems for agentic workflows, and design and optimize retrieval, ranking, and RAG pipelines. Develop evaluation frameworks and improve production LLM workflows for quality, reliability, and performance while collaborating across teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Requirements
Requires 5+ years of experience building and operating production backend systems, including 2+ years working with search, retrieval, or ranking systems. Candidates should have hands-on experience with LLM applications, RAG, or agentic workflows, strong Python and backend skills, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and relevant search or vector database technologies.
Skills
- Python
- Backend Engineering
- Production Backend Systems
- Search And Retrieval
- Ranking Systems
- Large Language Models
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Agentic Workflows
- Hybrid Search
- Vector Databases
- Reranking
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Infrastructure
- AI Evaluation
- Elasticsearch
- PostgreSQL
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- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agentic AI
- Large Language Models
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Hybrid Search
- Vector Databases
- Reranking
- Search
- Retrieval
- Ranking
- Backend Systems
- Python
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Infrastructure
- AI Evaluation
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- PyTorch
- Transformers
- Elasticsearch
- Pinecone
- FAISS
- PostgreSQL
- PGVector
- Langfuse
- MLflow
- Google Cloud Platform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Copilot