Tucows Domains is the world’s largest wholesale domain registrar, responsible for maintaining the health, neutrality, and openness of an important—but largely invisible part of the Internet: the domain name system (DNS).
As part of Tucows—one of the world’s largest Internet companies—Tucows Domains has a rich history of helping make the Internet better, operating globally under the Ascio, Enom, Hover and OpenSRS brands.
What's Next at Tucows
We embrace a people-first philosophy that is rooted in respect, trust, and flexibility. We believe that whatever works for our employees is what works best for us. It’s also why the majority of our roles are remote-first, meaning you can work from anywhere you can connect to the Internet! Today, over one thousand people from over 20 countries are part of our team.
If this sounds exciting to you, join the herd!
About the Opportunity
We’re looking for a passionate Software Engineer specializing in Artificial Intelligence to join our growing team. In this role, you’ll help shape and build innovative AI-powered systems that transform how users interact with domain-related tools and services. You’ll work both with your team of forward-thinking engineers and with colleagues across business functions to prototype, develop, and deploy intelligent solutions using open-source models and modern infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Design and build AI-driven features for our domain services platform using Python and Golang.
- Integrate and fine-tune open-source models such as LLaMA 3.2 and similar cutting-edge architectures via tools like Ollama.
- Research, evaluate, and implement emerging AI technologies that align with our vision for smarter, more intuitive products and services.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and fellow engineers to rapidly prototype and iterate on machine learning and LLM-based features.
- Contribute to a modern AI development stack, ensuring scalability, performance, and ethical usage of models.
- Actively participate in the open-source ecosystem and bring relevant tools and techniques back to the team.
Key Skills and Experience
- Bachelor degree in software development with strong proficiency in Python; experience with Golang is a plus.
- Solid understanding of modern AI/ML/LLM concepts, particularly around transformer-based architectures and open-source models.
- Hands-on experience with frameworks like Tensorflow, Hugging Face, or similar.
- Experience working with and adapting open-source models (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, Mixtral, etc.) for production use.
- A working knowledge of neural networks, including their architectures, training methods, and applications.
- A basic understanding of Fuzzy Inference Systems.
- Familiarity with containerization, APIs, and cloud-native tooling.
- A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and enthusiasm for innovation. #LI-NA1 #LI-Remote
The base salary range for this position is $74,790 - $83,100. Range shown in $CAD for Canadian residents. Other countries will differ. Range may vary on a number of factors including, but not limited to: location, experience and qualifications. Tucows believes in a total rewards offering that includes fair compensation and generous benefits
Want to know more about what we stand for? At Tucows we care about protecting the open Internet, narrowing digital divide, and supporting fairness and equality.
We also know that diversity drives innovation. We are committed to inclusion across race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We celebrate multiple approaches and diverse points of view.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
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Learn more about Tucows, our businesses, culture and employee benefits on our site here.
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