Senior AI/ML Engineer

This position is responsible for Development and Technical Support with a high degree of customer service, technical expertise and timeliness with strong background in System design and Architecture. The primary purpose of the position is to develop and support Bank in adopting and implementing and integrating new technologies

The ideal candidate will have strong Development and AI background with the ability to quickly adapt those skills to new environments. This position will work with Business units and the Technology Group. Occasional travel will be required.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• 5-10 years in systems solution architecture
• Experience in AI / Machine Learning
• 1+ years experience leveraging Large Language Models for business use cases including RAG and Agents
• Experience in leading teams and driving change across organisations
• 1+ year experience using Databricks for data orchestration and ML model development
• 5 years experience in AWS or other cloud
• Proficiency in designing and implementing cloud-based applications in AWS preferred
• Experience with serverless architecture is a plus
• Experience working with Linux shell scripting an asset
• Must have strong communication skills and be able present diagnostic, troubleshooting steps and conclusions to a varied audience
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting large-scale systems
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal effectively in a team environment
  
  General
  
  
• Must have excellent communication skills and be able present diagnostic, troubleshooting steps and conclusions to a varied audience including both business and technical stakeholders
  • excellent listening and analytic skills
  • excellent oral/written communication skills
  • strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal effectively in a team environment
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, or similar discipline, or equivalent education and experience
• Ability to work independently with or without direction and or supervision, portray professional demeanour

Additional Beneficial Attributes/Skills:

• Agile and SCRUM methodologies
• Exposure generating and manipulating XML and XBRL formats
• Hedge Funds or Financial systems industry domain experience

• Introduce AI technologies to existing work streams for both business and IT teams
• Be involved in concept design, brainstorming, research, etc. required to create new solutions for consideration
• Resolve technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation
• Participate in performance/load tests, making recommendations to improve performance and scalability
• Provide timely and effective solutions to critical production issues
• Contribute to continuous integration and continuous deployment automation
• Document solutions and keep knowledgebase up to date to support efficiencies