Senior Engineer

We are CDAI—the data and artificial intelligence engine of Compass Group North America. We design and deliver custom, in-house solutions tailored to the unique complexities of food service and hospitality. Our work is grounded in strong data foundations, layered with AI to enhance forecasting, streamline operations, and enable better, faster decision-making across Compass Group. With deep integration into the business and a commitment to white-glove service, CDAI empowers associates, clients, and customers through innovative, future-forward technologies.

We are CDAI—the data and artificial intelligence engine of Compass Group North America. We design and deliver custom, in-house solutions tailored to the unique complexities of food service and hospitality. Our work is grounded in strong data foundations, layered with AI to enhance forecasting, streamline operations, and enable better, faster decision-making across Compass Group. With deep integration into the business and a commitment to white-glove service, CDAI empowers associates, clients, and customers through innovative, future-forward technologies.

Position Details:

• Position Title:Senior Engineer - AI & Data Extraction
• Salary: 110, ,000.00
• Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent 
• Hybrid: 3 Times a Week - Toronto/ Mississauga

In accordance with provincial legislation and our commitment to transparent hiring practices, the compensation range for this position is provided. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity. Canadian work experience is not required. Please note that artificial intelligence tools are utilized in the applicant screening process.

Job Summary We are looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Engineer to join our forward-thinking team. The ideal candidate is passionate about building cutting-edge AI solutions, has a strong technical foundation, and excels in collaborative environments. As an Senior  Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining advanced data products and AI-powered applications. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams—including Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, Front-End Developers, and ML Engineers—to deliver scalable and impactful solutions.

Now, if you were to come on board as our Senior Engineer, we'd ask you to do the following:

• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant systems capable for crawl, scrape, extract, and normalize data from diverse web sources at massive scale.
• Build robust pipelines to handle structured and semi-structured data seamlessly.
• Analyze and fine-tune crawling strategies to maximize data coverage, freshness, and quality.
• Conduct research to stay ahead of the curve in large-scale web acquisition and processing techniques.
• Take ownership of end-to-end engineering projects in data acquisition, including web crawling, data ingestion, and search.
• Continuously improve reliability, observability, and performance of data systems and tooling over time.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to prioritize crawling targets that align with key business needs.

Think you have what it takes to be our Senior Engineer? Here's how we'll know:

• 3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale, complex web scraping projects.
• Strong background as a backend or full-stack software engineer.
• Deep understanding of how to crawl the internet at scale.
• Strong programming skills, especially in Python and Go.

Bonus Points If You Have:
Expertise in internet-scale technologies such as DNS, networking, CDNs, WAFs, CAPTCHAs, proxies, and reverse proxies.
Experience with event-driven architectures.
Experience building observability and monitoring tools that support both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Exposure to large language models (LLMs) and their applications.

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

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