Our client is seeking a Technical Lead to own AI project delivery end to end. You bring a proven track record building systems and are ready to lead others doing the same. This will start as a 12-month contract, 3 days/week in downtown Toronto.

What You'll Do

Intake & Scoping
Lead intake calls — surface the real problem behind the stated ask
Scope effort, timeline, and resourcing with the PM based on real build requirements
Assess feasibility early; say no (or "not yet") when work isn't a fit
Recommend simpler solutions when AI isn't the right answer

Technical Leadership
Lead AI-native engineers — set direction, review architecture, mentor
Make key calls: model/framework selection, build vs. buy, technical debt tradeoffs
Stay hands-on: prototyping, unblocking, code review, debugging evals
Define delivery standards — evaluation criteria, human-in-the-loop design, fallback behavior
Track the AI tooling landscape, favoring production-ready over novel

Delivery Ownership
Own end-to-end delivery across concurrent projects, accountable for outcomes
Run delivery cadence with the PM: milestones, risks, dependencies, escalations
Manage shifting requirements and resulting tradeoffs

Stakeholder Management




Primary contact for business stakeholders throughout the project
Proactively manage expectations; surface risks early
Present progress and tradeoffs to senior, non-technical audiences
Challenge assumptions and offer alternative approaches
Work across sponsors, product/ops teams, data platform teams, leadership, and external partners

What We're Looking For
8+ years in software/AI-ML engineering, including 3+ years leading technical teams, with substantial hands-on experience prior
Still hands-on — shipped production systems, can go deep on design
Experience building LLM applications: agentic workflows, RAG, orchestration, prompt/context engineering, evaluation
Robust Python and code review skills
Production experience on cloud AI/data platforms (Azure, AWS, Databricks, or similar)
Track record owning business-facing projects end to end, including when they slipped
Solid scoping instincts — can size effort accurately from a short conversation
Ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority
Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities

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