Agentic AI Application Developer, Sick

Kids AI Service
Job ID
23996
Location
Toronto, Ontario
Annualized Hiring Range
$74,787 - $102,832
*Compensation commensurate with experience
Dept/Program Name
Sick

Kids AI
Target Openings
1
Work Type
Hybrid
Hours of Work
35.00
FTE
1.00
Contract Length
1 year
Level of Police Check
Criminal & Judicial Record
Date Posted
2026-08-06
Deadline to Apply
2026-08-16
**About Sick

Kids**
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick

Kids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.

Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

Sick

Kids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join Sick

Kids, you become part of our community.

We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of
_Healthier Children. A Better World_
.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.
**Position Description**
Sick

Kids AI is leading a transformative enterprise-wide program to deliver leading edge, data driven, individualized paediatric care and operations through AI.

Known as Sick

Kids AI Service, or SKAI Service, our team is at the forefront of applying large language models (LLMs) and intelligent agent systems to high-impact clinical and operational challenges.

With a keen focus on sustainable and responsible deployment, you will partner with Sick

Kids' renowned clinicians and engineers to design, build, and deploy LLM-powered solutions enabling us to realize Sick

Kids's vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.
**Here's What You'll Get to Do**
Work with some of the best clinicians, data scientists, and software engineers in the world todesign, build, and deploy AI agents and agentic workflows using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, and Microsoft Copilot technologies.

Develop enterprise-grade RAG solutions that connect AI agents to clinical, research, and operational knowledge sources.





Build scalable end-to-end AI pipelines including data ingestion, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and governance.

Rapidly prototype, test, and optimize AI agent solutions to automate workflows and solve high-impact healthcare challenges.
**Here's What You'll Nee**
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Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Hands-on experience building AI agents, RAG systems, prompt engineering frameworks, and LLM-powered applications.

Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, Lang

Chain, Lang

Graph, Auto

Gen, CrewAI, or Llama

Index.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Demonstrated commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion objectives.
**This will make you extra competitive**
Hands-on experience with Microsoft CoPilot and Azure AI Foundry, including building and deploying LLM-based solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem.

Familiarity with other leading LLM platforms and APIs such as OpenAI/ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini, and experience comparing and integrating multiple model providers.

Experience building autonomous or semi-autonomous agents using frameworks such as Auto

Gen, CrewAI, Lang

Graph, or similar; including tool use, memory, and multi-agent coordination.

Experience applying LLMs to clinical or healthcare domains, including working with EHR data, medical terminology, or health-specific fine-tuning and safety considerations
History of publishing papers and contributing to scientific research
**Some Exciting Advantages of Working at Sick

Kids**
This position is eligible for employee benefits coverage including but not limited to; health, dental and life insurance.

The full benefits package will be discussed at the time of offer.
A focus on employee wellness with our new

Staff Health and Well-being Strategy. (https://www.sickkids.ca/siteassets/about/strategy--performance/supporting-strategies/staff-health-well-being-strategy-2022-2025.pdf)



Self-care helps us support others.
A hospital that welcomes and focuses on

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (https://www.sickkids.ca/siteassets/about/strategy--performance/supporting-strategies/equity-diversity-inclusion-strategy-2022-2025.pdf) .

The opportunity to make an impact.

Regardless of your role or professional interest, you will be making a difference at Sick

Kids and contributing to our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

For more on why you'll love working at Sick

Kids,visit our careers site (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/careers-volunteer/careers/) .
**Employment type:**
Hybrid 1-year Contract (with renewal option)
**Our Commitment to Diversity**
Sick

Kids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve.

Learn more about workplace inclusion. (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/about/edi/workplace-inclusion/)
**Accessibility & Accommodation**
If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our
aSKHR team ( [email protected] )
.

Sick

Kids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired.

If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview.

Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
**How To Apply**
Technical difficulties? Email
[email protected]
with a short description of the issues you are experiencing.

We will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.
**Tip:**
Combine your cover letter and resume into
**ONE**
document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.

Every application is reviewed by a human recruiter and all hiring decisions are made by people.

In some cases, AI-assisted tools are used to help review applications based on job-related qualifications.

All positions posted on the Sick

Kids Hospital's Careers Site represent current vacancies, unless otherwise posted in the job description.

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