Lead and grow an AI engineering organization responsible for delivering enterprise-grade AI applications across business functions. Establish architecture, engineering standards, deployment practices, and technical strategy for scalable AI systems. Mentor engineers, oversee cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, model serving, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Partner with product, data science, and business stakeholders while ensuring security, compliance, governance, reliability, and performance across globally distributed teams.
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Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Director of AI Engineering to build and lead a world-class AI engineering team. This is a critical leadership role responsible for designing and delivering enterprise-grade AI applications that drive business value across Marketing, Finance, Legal, Enterprise Search, and R&D workflows. You will combine deep technical expertise with strong people leadership skills to grow the team, mentor engineers, establish best practices, and scale our AI capabilities across a globally distributed organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow an AI engineering team, recruiting top talent and building a high-performing culture focused on technical excellence
- Design and oversee the delivery of enterprise AI applications across multiple business functions (Marketing, Finance, Legal, Search, R&D)
- Establish technical standards, architecture patterns, and code review practices that ensure software engineering excellence and maintainability
- Mentor engineers in modern AI/ML systems design, cloud infrastructure, production deployment, and operational excellence
- Collaborate with product, data science, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
- Drive technology decisions around AI frameworks, cloud platforms, and infrastructure to optimize for cost, performance, and reliability
- Build and maintain systems for data pipelines, model serving, monitoring, and continuous improvement of AI applications
- Lead technical strategy for scaling AI capabilities, including considerations for enterprise security, compliance, and governance
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated progression to senior/leadership roles
- 3+ years of experience with AI/ML systems (including LLMs, generative AI, RAG architectures, or similar modern AI applications) in production environments
- 3+ years of technical leadership experience managing and mentoring engineering teams
- Deep hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern deployment practices
- Strong expertise in Python and/or other languages commonly used for AI/ML applications
- Proven ability to work effectively in globally distributed teams with experience managing across time zones
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices: version control, testing, code review, CI/CD, observability
- Track record of shipping production systems at scale with focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability
- Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise software environments
- Familiarity with enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, workflow automation) and integration patterns
- Background in developing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems or knowledge management applications
- Experience with MLOps, model monitoring, and LLM evaluation frameworks
- Expertise in establishing and scaling engineering culture, documentation, and knowledge sharing practices
- Experience with enterprise security, compliance, and data governance requirements
- Track record of building systems that integrate with modern API ecosystems and third-party AI services
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61 Bill Leathem Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2J 0P7
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