RAVL helps technologists accelerate their careers. At RAVL, we connect strategy with execution, care deeply about the people we work with, and measure success by the lasting impact we leave behind. Senior / Principal AI Platform Engineer to build the secure, scalable platform capabilities that enable enterprise AI delivery across our clients' organizations.

platform engineering role first, with an AI specialization . You'll build and operate the shared infrastructure, services, and runtime capabilities that allow engineering teams to securely deploy, govern, observe, and scale AI-powered applications in highly regulated financial services environments.

Rather than building individual business applications or developer tooling, you'll focus on the production AI platform itself—creating reusable services, operational excellence, and platform capabilities that other engineering teams depend on every day. As a Senior or Principal engineer, you'll influence platform architecture, establish engineering standards, and help shape RAVL's AI platform strategy.

Design, build, and operate reusable cloud platform capabilities using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, identity services, and cloud networking

Develop shared AI platform services including model gateways, API gateways, inference routing, vector and retrieval services, evaluation pipelines, and policy enforcement capabilities

Design secure platform foundations that incorporate identity, secrets management, network security, data boundaries, auditability, governance, and controlled access to AI models and enterprise tools

Treat the platform as a product by creating reusable APIs, templates, documentation, paved roads, and self-service capabilities that accelerate adoption across engineering teams

Optimize platform performance, scalability, and cost through intelligent routing, caching, quotas, lifecycle management, versioning, and cloud resource optimization

Establish operational standards for AI platform reliability, incident response, capacity planning, and continuous improvement

Mentor engineers, lead architecture discussions,



and contribute reusable capabilities that strengthen both client platforms and RAVL's AI engineering practice

Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, architecture, and client stakeholders to deliver scalable AI platform capabilities aligned with enterprise governance requirements

We're looking for platform engineers with deep cloud infrastructure expertise and practical experience building modern AI-enabled platforms.

Deep experience building CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, identity and access management, observability platforms, and site reliability engineering practices

Experience designing highly available distributed systems with strong operational practices including SLOs, monitoring, tracing, incident response, and capacity planning

Working knowledge of large language models, AI inference, agent architectures, and how to expose AI capabilities safely as reusable platform services

Experience implementing secure data governance practices including privacy, lineage, lifecycle management, access controls, and scalable data processing

Experience collaborating across engineering, platform, infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to deliver scalable shared services For Senior and Principal candidates, demonstrated experience leading platform architecture, establishing engineering standards, mentoring engineers, and driving adoption of enterprise platform capabilities

Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or other managed AI platforms

Experience with service mesh technologies, API management platforms, GPU infrastructure, model serving frameworks, or vector databases

Experience implementing policy-as-code, multi-tenant platform architectures, software supply chain security, or advanced FinOps practices

You enjoy building platforms that enable others to move faster and safer





You think in systems and design for long-term scalability, resilience, and operational excellence

You balance engineering quality, security, reliability, and cost when making architectural decisions

You communicate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, security, and executive stakeholders

You enjoy solving complex platform challenges through thoughtful engineering and automation

You mentor others and create reusable capabilities that raise the bar across engineering teams

You're excited about shaping the future of enterprise AI infrastructure and platform engineering

Help build the AI platforms that power the next generation of enterprise software delivery

Flexible, client-aligned hybrid work model—autonomy with accountability, adapting to client delivery needs

Variable bonus & RRSP contributions tied to performance and delivery impact

4 weeks paid time off (plus public holidays)

Paid career development days and continuous learning opportunities

Comprehensive health & dental coverage, including mental health support

Commitment to lifelong learning through mentorship, certifications, and continuous improvement current permanent opportunity .

120,000-$170,000 CAD , reflecting expected base pay. Total compensation may also include additional pay such as bonuses or incentives, depending on the position, and final offers are based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

As part of our hiring process, we may use technology, including AI-based tools, to help summarize and assess applications. These tools assist our team and do not replace human review or decision-making.

RAVL is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplace. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.

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📌 Ai Platform Engineer (Senior / Principal) (Toronto)
🏢 RAVL
📍 Toronto