Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Associate Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments from architecture through adoption and ongoing iteration across concurrent client workstreams.
• Prototype and deploy AI-enabled workflows, agents, copilots, and automations into production environments.
• Architect solutions across identity, data, security, governance, platform layers, and multi-system integrations.
• Shape client AI strategy, value architecture, ROI backlogs, use-case priorities, and multi-year adoption roadmaps.
• Develop reusable engineering standards, blueprints, patterns, and accelerators from delivery learnings.
• Lead architecture sessions, executive workshops, and code-with sessions; bridge client business and technical teams.
• Build end-to-end AI solutions integrating LLMs and AI services with enterprise platforms and internal systems.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field.
• At least 7 years of cloud-native engineering experience, including APIs, microservices, containerization, and serverless architectures.
• At least 5 years of software engineering using Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Python, and 5 years building API-integrated distributed production systems.
• At least 1 year designing and deploying production agentic solutions and applying AI-native practices across the software development lifecycle.
• At least 1 year working with AI platforms and multi-provider pipelines, including enterprise AI platforms.
• At least 7 years leading and developing software engineering teams; at least 5 years in client-facing communication and collaboration.
• At least 5 years translating business needs into technical designs in large enterprises or professional services.
• Demonstrated client-embedded AI deployment ownership, enterprise AI architecture experience, and senior-stakeholder advisory experience.

Compensation

• The stated annual salary range is CAD 100,300 to CAD 216,700 for British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick; actual offers may vary.