Staff Software Engineer, AI

Toronto, ON | Hybrid

We’re partnering with a global technology organization that is investing heavily in AI and building intelligent products used by specialists in complex, highly regulated industries.

They’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer, AI to provide hands-on technical leadership across the design, development, and scaling of enterprise-grade AI systems. This is a senior individual contributor opportunity with significant influence over architecture, engineering standards, and product direction.

What you’ll do
Architect and build production-grade AI systems, including RAG pipelines and autonomous agents
Integrate AI models into scalable applications through APIs, distributed data pipelines, and microservices
Lead technical architecture decisions and define best practices for AI development
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and turn promising ideas into production capabilities
Champion MLOps and LLMOps practices across the development lifecycle
Improve system performance across latency, reliability, cost, and user experience
Mentor engineers and influence senior technical and product stakeholders




Establish strong testing, monitoring, security, and AI governance practices

What we’re looking for
8+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years in senior or lead AI/ML roles
Solid hands-on Python expertise
Experience building and deploying Generative AI, LLM, RAG, or agentic systems
Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
Experience with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, or information retrieval
Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native architecture
Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and MLOps/LLMOps
A track record of leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
Robust communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

Experience building AI products for regulated or specialized industries would be an asset. This is an opportunity to remain highly technical while helping shape the architecture and strategy behind enterprise AI products at scale.

📌 Staff Software Engineer Toronto
🏢 kadence
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