Manager AI Engineer - Python

Pay Rate: $102.46/hour, depending on experience

Contract Length: 3 Months with a possible extension

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Raise is currently hiring a Manager AI Engineer - Python on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is a technology company that combines decades of industry expertise with next-generation AI technology that helps organizations reinvent how they build, operate and deliver by pairing human ingenuity with agentic systems that scale intelligence across the enterprise.

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description
The Manager AI Engineer - Python in this role will lead and manage and hands on Python-based engineering teams, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and effective solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and contribute to the strategic direction of technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead and actively contribute to the development of AI products, pilots and solutions, with a focus on clean, maintainable code using Python, React, and AWS tools.

Design, architect and build scalable Gen AI solutions, including LLM pipelines, Agentic, MCP, Graph/RAG architectures, and prompt-based applications and emerging tech.

Implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, Fargate, Glue, and Athena.





Optimize performance of AI products, Drive continuous learning and experimentation with cutting-edge Gen AI methods, frameworks, APIs, and toolchains.

Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and domain experts to define technical solutions aligned with business needs.

Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on Gen AI technologies and help shape the organization's AI roadmap.

Own end-to-end delivery of Gen AI solutions. Manage timelines, deliverables, and project milestones using Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban).

Monitor operational metrics and incident data to drive continuous improvement and reliability.

Ensure adherence to governance, DevSecOps protocols.

Qualifications

6+ years of progressive experience in engineering roles, including at least 1-2 years leading emerging tech or AI initiatives.

Gen AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA) and prompt engineering techniques

Agentic AI, MCP, and Graph/RAG architectures

Gen AI Framework (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Amazon Bedrock)

Web application development using Next.js, React, TypeScript/JavaScript

AWS cloud services (EC2, ELB/GLB/NLB, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, Athena, Glue, Lake Formation)

Infrastructure as Code (Puppet, Terraform, Docker)



and containerized deployments

ETL orchestration using Apache Airflow/DAGs

Vector/Graph databases (Weaviate, Milvus, PGVector, Neo4J, Neptune) and query optimization

Python programming (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Boto3)

Automated testing frameworks (Ragas, Playwright, Zephyr, Selenium,)

Familiarity with SDLC best practices, DevSecOps, Agile Scrum/Kanban, and work management tools (JIRA, Confluence, JIRA Align).

Knowledge of LLM fine tuning techniques

Experience in BI tools like QuickSight, Tableau

Knowledge of financial markets and enterprise data systems

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

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📌 Manager AI Engineer - Python (Ontario)
🏢 Raise
📍 Ontario