This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead, Data Development, AI Platform based in Canada.
We are seeking a technical leader to drive the development and operation of an advanced AI data platform that enables reliable, scalable, and intelligent analytics solutions.
This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with strategic technical leadership, guiding teams in building production-grade infrastructure.
You will define architectural direction, improve engineering practices, and help create platforms that support AI-driven workflows at scale.
The position requires close collaboration across data, AI, and engineering teams to deliver secure, observable, and high-quality systems.
You will play a key role in shaping orchestration services, data pipelines, and platform capabilities that power next-generation AI experiences.
This is an opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while developing high-performing teams.
Accountabilities:
As the Lead, Data Development, AI Platform, you will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of core AI platform capabilities while maintaining a strong focus on engineering excellence, reliability, and team growth.
- Lead the design and delivery of orchestration systems connecting AI analytics platforms, including query execution, federated data access, workflow automation, and multi-step agent processes.
- Define technical recommendations for platform architecture evolution, align solutions with leadership expectations, and guide execution through structured engineering practices.
- Own the reliability, scalability, observability, and quality standards of critical platform components, including routing infrastructure, agent infrastructure, and supporting services.
- Drive incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain production-grade systems.
- Establish standards for data pipelines designed for AI and programmatic consumption, ensuring data quality, documentation, testing, monitoring, and operational reliability.
- Build and improve internal tools and automation that enhance AI engineering workflows, including deployment, monitoring, diagnostics, and operational support.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership through coding, architecture discussions, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Mentor engineers through coaching, feedback, code reviews, and career development support.
- Collaborate with AI, data architecture, and engineering teams to ensure seamless integration between platform services, data models, context layers, and AI workflows.
- Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning within the engineering team.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate brings extensive software, data, or AI platform engineering experience combined with strong technical leadership capabilities and the ability to influence architecture and delivery outcomes.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, AI platform engineering, or related technical fields.
- Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams, including setting technical direction, supporting professional growth, and driving delivery accountability.
- Strong programming experience across backend services, APIs, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure.
- Proven experience designing and operating scalable systems, distributed architectures, workflow orchestration, or complex integrations.
- Experience building orchestration solutions involving multiple systems, automated workflows, query execution, or agent-based processes.
- Working knowledge of AI and LLM-based systems, including agents, tools, context interfaces, and orchestration layers.
- Experience developing data pipelines for AI or programmatic use cases with strong focus on quality, testing, observability, and maintainability.
- Familiarity with production reliability practices, including monitoring, debugging, security integration, performance optimization, and incident management.
- Strong ability to influence technical decisions through clear communication, tradeoff analysis, and compelling recommendations.
- Inclusive leadership mindset with experience building collaborative and diverse engineering teams.
- Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to translate long-term technical vision into actionable execution plans.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts, risks, and decisions across different audiences.
- Growth mindset, curiosity, resilience, ownership, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation range of approximately $98,400–$137,800 CAD annually.
- Fully remote work opportunity.
- Opportunity to work on innovative AI and data platform initiatives with global impact.
- Collaborative environment focused on inclusion, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Professional growth opportunities through technical challenges and leadership development.
- Supportive culture that values autonomy, accountability, and knowledge sharing.
- Accessibility accommodations available throughout the hiring process when needed.