Senior AI Software Developer

Info-Tech Research Group delivers impartial, highly pertinent IT research, enabling CIOs and IT leaders to make well-informed, strategic decisions. We are currently serving over 30,000 professionals and collaborate closely with IT teams, equipping them with actionable tools and expert guidance to drive measurable results and enhance technology initiatives and organizational processes.

Why join us?

• We pride ourselves on consistent year-on-year growth, with double-digit growth even during a global pandemic.
• We are in the Top 3 on LinkedIn's Top Companies List in Canada.
• Info-Tech fosters a growth-focused, entrepreneurial culture with unlimited opportunities for professional growth and development.
• We provide financial support for professional development and training.

About the role

We're looking for seasoned Senior A.I. Software Developers with hands-on experience building A.I. and machine learning solutions, especially people who really care about the quality and impact of the products they're building. Our current stack is mostly built with Ruby on Rails, Python, MySQL, JS, MS-Fabric, PowerBI and Azure/OpenAI services. Note that experience with any particular item in our stack is not required, but experience with Python, Ruby on Rails, or Azure/OpenAI services would be very valuable to any applicant.

Your responsibilities as a Senior A.I. Software Developer:

• Build, test, and support the development of machine learning models and AI solutions
• Collaborate with other engineers to integrate AI into broader system architectures
• Analyze requirements and decide the best ways to meet or even rework them; unique and innovative ideas are welcome
• Be proactive by finding and addressing areas of technical concern
• Mentor your peers and contribute to code reviews, and be mentored if something is new to you
• Stay current with AI trends and suggest improvements to existing systems and workflows
• Collaborate across teams to continually improve our processes
• Promote the use of design patterns and best practices
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies for prioritizing, understanding, and estimating
• Support the growth of our Agile practices through Retrospectives

Why you should join us

• Work with like-minded individuals in a work-hard/play-hard culture
• Continued learning is a major part of our best-practice-driven environment. We support our teams with a substantial budget for training and career development
• Work-life balance is important to us: after-hours and weekend work are rare to non-existent
• You will work in a highly collaborative team that functions efficiently even in a remote work setting. You will have flexibility to work from home, at one of our unique offices in London (Ontario) or Toronto, or in a hybrid mode
• We offer great competitive salaries, benefits plan, and RRSP matching plans

Minimum qualifications:

• Degree or diploma from an accredited institution
• Minimum 6 years of experience in a professional software development role, with at least 2 years focused on A.I. and/or M.L.
• Experience supporting and mentoring junior to intermediate developers
• Comfortable developing in an Agile product development framework

Must Have Skills:

• Ability to design, develop, and deploy AI and machine learning solutions, with seamless integration into existing architecture, and to support those solutions after deployment
• Strong understanding of neural networks, computer vision, natural language processing, and/or reinforcement learning
• Experience working with large datasets and data preprocessing techniques
• Experience with machine learning algorithms and deep learning frameworks
• Experience developing relational database solutions
• Experience with SQL authoring and optimization
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and version control systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Ability to communicate technical details and build functional requirements
• Experience with source control software
• Ability to maintain focus on priority, and deliver solutions appropriate to requirements
• Experience writing for and improving existing code efficiencies for large data and high volumes

Nice to Have:

• Experience building and maintaining applications in Ruby on Rails, or with a similar MVC framework such as Laravel or ASP.NET MVC
• Experience building systems or services in Python
• Experience building user interfaces in HTML, CSS, JS, and JS frameworks
• Experience with MS-Fabric or PowerBI
• Experience with Salesforce integration
• Exposure to AWS tools and services

Language Skills: Bilingual proficiency in French, Spanish or German is nice-to-have to support our diverse client base across North America and globally.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't tick all the boxes

Info-Tech Research Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic including Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants. To that end, upon request, ITRG will ensure, to the extent possible, that accommodation be made available to applicants throughout the recruitment and hiring process.

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