Applied AI Engineer (Generative AI & Agentic Apps) | Montreal, QC (100% Onsite)

Location:
Montreal, QC, Canada (100% onsite, no remote or hybrid) Interview: May require an in-person interview

About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Applied AI Engineer to help business and technology teams move Generative AI use cases from idea to working software at a major financial institution. You’ll join discovery discussions, build and test prototypes, integrate AI capabilities into existing applications, and support the application teams that sponsor them. What You’ll Do
• Take part in discovery with business and technology teams to shape Generative AI use cases
• Build and test prototypes, proofs of concept, and reference implementations
• Integrate AI capabilities with existing enterprise applications, data platforms, and APIs
• Build AI agents, orchestration workflows, and tool integrations
• Support sponsoring development teams with practical implementation help
• Test and evaluate AI solutions for quality, safety, reliability, and performance Required Qualifications
• 3 to 5 years of software engineering experience with hands-on application development
• 1 to 3 years building Generative AI applications, assistants, agents, copilots, or intelligent automation
• Proficiency in Python, with experience building APIs, integrations,



and enterprise applications
• Working knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and RAG
• Hands-on experience with AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, Claude Code SDK, or OpenAI SDK
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI gateways, agent-to-agent communication, or tool-calling frameworks
• Experience with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and up-to-date engineering practices
• Familiarity with Azure or AWS services for hosting applications and AI workloads
• Awareness of Responsible AI, AI governance, security controls, and enterprise data protection
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn business requirements into working software Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Gemini, Grok, or similar platforms
• Experience building RAG solutions, knowledge assistants, or AI-powered search
• Exposure to multi-agent systems and orchestration workflows
• Integration experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, Databricks, or Snowflake
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry

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