Gen AI Developer

Role : Gen AI Developer

Location : Halifax, NS (Hybrid- 4 days onsite)

Top 3 skills required for this role:

1. Agentic AI, LLM, RAG Pipelines
2. MLOps Automation (CI/CD, data validation, model deployment, monitoring, drift detection)
3. GitHub/GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes

Job Description/ Responsibilities:

Big Data: Apache Spark, Hadoop Scala/Java

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and curation
• Design and optimize data models, feature stores, and storage patterns for AI/ML workloads
• Implement DataOps and MLOps automation (CI/CD, data validation, model deployment, monitoring, drift detection)
• Design, build, and optimize agentic AI systems and LLM-powered applications (RAG pipelines, agent orchestration)
• Develop and integrate AI services into secure, production-grade environments
• Design and implement AI systems architecture best practices and standards across the organization
• Build scalable, resilient cloud and on-premise systems for hosting AI/LLM applications
• Provide infrastructure design, optimization, and monitoring support
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions through cross-functional collaboration
• Ensure code quality, system reliability, scalability, and observability

Expectations / Skillset Required:

• Advanced Python proficiency with strong software engineering fundamentals (version control, testing, code reviews)
• Proficiency in SQL and distributed computing (Spark, distributed systems)
• Deep experience with data modeling and feature engineering across the ML lifecycle
• Hands-on experience building LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and agentic AI frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph preferred)
• Expertise designing distributed systems at enterprise scale
• Strong CI/CD and DevOps knowledge (GitHub/GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka)
• Demonstrated ability to design and deploy hybrid cloud and on-premise systems (AWS, Azure)
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering, research, and product teams
• Self-directed problem-solving mindset and ability to navigate enterprise complexity
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 5+ years in data/software/ML/AI engineering (preferred)
• UI development expertise with React and JavaScript (a plus)

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