Software Engineer Observe Team

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Design and ship AI features and services across model inference, AI functions, retrieval systems, and intelligent application experiences.
• Build infrastructure for AI workloads, including model serving, embedding pipelines, RAG, and AI-driven automation.
• Write clean, performant, tested code in Python, Java, C++, or Go for enterprise-scale multi-cloud systems.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product managers to translate research and product needs into scalable solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, propose architecture improvements, and help direct AI services.
• Own delivery from design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational health.
• Evaluate AI/ML advances and tools; contribute to code reviews, documentation, knowledge sharing, and team improvement.

Required qualifications

• At least 3 years of software engineering experience building production systems; strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Production experience with AI/ML systems, including model serving, inference pipelines, LLM integration, embeddings, or AI-powered applications.
• Proficiency in one or more of Python, Java, C++, or Go.
• Experience building distributed systems or cloud-native services and understanding scale, reliability, and performance in multi-cloud environments.
• Strong problem-solving ability, effective cross-functional communication, and end-to-end ownership of work through production.

Preferred qualifications

• Production-scale experience with LLM inference, fine-tuning, RAG, or vector search; familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; Docker or Kubernetes; data platforms, warehousing, or SQL-based systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring or observability, or open-source AI/ML contributions or published research.

Compensation

• Canada base salary range is CAD 146,000–219,000 per year; annual bonus target is 10% of base salary.
• Total target compensation is CAD 160,600–240,900; listed equity RSUs range from USD 170,000–500,000.
• Actual compensation depends on experience, skills, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Benefits may include extended health, dental, vision, RRSP, ESPP, paid time off, and parental leave.

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