## AI EngineerApply: North York, Ontario: Toronto, Ontario: Waterloo, Ontario: Full time: Posted Today: JR You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with agile colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful. When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world. **Job Description:**At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful. Corporate IT is looking for AI Engineer with at least 2 years of development experience. This role will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing cloud capabilities, and building GenAI solutions. The ideal candidate has a passion for cutting-edge technologies and a proven track record of building large-scale, complex software systems. This role will collaborate with architects, product owners, data engineers, security and governance partners, and business stakeholders to deliver AI-powered applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions, intelligent agents,



automation workflows, and reusable AI platform capabilities. # What will you do?* Work closely with the Enterprise Architect to design and implement solutions that align with the platform capabilities roadmap* Research and pilot the latest GenAI technologies and practices* Champion a culture of continuous improvement, motivating change and fostering innovation within the team* Create and maintain technical design artifacts that describe application functionality, solution designs, data models, interfaces, and integrations* Use and enhance our DevOps practices and tools to enforce software guardrails, increase automation, and help engineers build code faster, at a lower cost, and lower risk* Stay current with industry advancements in cloud technologies, AWS services, and AI/ML* Provide post-production support for deployed applications, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement* Collaborate effectively in an Agile environment, communicate technical trade-offs clearly, and mentor junior team members. # What do you need to succeed? * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.* **2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 1+ years of building and operating solutions on AWS.*** Hands-on expertise with Python, AWS Lambda, and APIs* Experience with developing AI bots/agents* Familiarity with chatbot development concepts,



RAG techniques and vector databases* Experience with DevOps culture, tools, and best practices* Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills with a keen eye for detail and the ability to assess alternatives, risks, and benefits* Commitment to fostering a collaborative, transparent, and trust-based team culture # Nice to have * Experience with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Agents for Amazon Bedrock, or Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.* Experience with Amazon OpenSearch Service, PostgreSQL with pgvector, or other enterprise vector-search technologies.* Experience with AWS Glue, data pipelines, PySpark, or analytics workloads.* A relevant AWS certification.* Experience with Amazon QuickSight when analytics dashboard development is part of the solution. # What’s in it for you * We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work Canada.* *We are thrilled to be recognized by **Excellence Canada** with their top-level certification, the **Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work**, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.** Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial* The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.* As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office # Unique Requirements: * This role requires Reliability Status Clearance. In addition to a law enforcement inquiry and a credit check, as part of your application, the Government of Canada will ask if you lived or travelled outside of Canada for 6-consecutive months during the last 5 years, and you must

📌 Ai Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life Financial
📍 Toronto