Senior / Principal Machine Learning & AI Engineer

3 weeks ago


Canada XGEN AI Full time

Job Description

We are seeking a talented and motivated Principal or Senior AI Engineer with 8+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years of AI Engineering experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing machine learning models and pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams to innovate and solve new use cases.

Key Responsibilities

  • Spearhead cutting-edge generative AI model development
  • Lead AI research initiatives, fostering innovation and the adoption of state-of-the-art AI techniques.
  • Design breakthrough multimodal AI systems
  • Drive complex AI research initiatives
  • Built real solutions with a generative AI model
  • Create novel few-shot and zero-shot learning techniques
  • Implement advanced prompt engineering strategies
  • Guide AI safety and ethical AI development
  • Mentor senior engineering teams
  • Develop and Deploy Advanced Language Models
  • Implement LLMs and fine-tune them for specific use cases
  • Optimize transformer architectures for improved performance and efficiency
  • Create Generative AI Solutions
  • Develop generative models for text, code, and potentially multimodal applications.
  • Implement and improve text-to-text, text-to-image, or even text-to-video models
  • Work on controllable text generation and content creation tools
  • Hands-on development, productionize, and operate Machine Learning models and pipelines at scale
  • Optimize and improve existing ML models for performance and accuracy
  • Perform thorough data analysis to guide model development and feature engineering
  • Work with other engineers and collaborate with different teams to identify and solve new use cases for different products
  • Document processes, models, and experiments to ensure reproducibility and knowledge sharing
  • Stay updated with the latest developments in machine learning, AI, and relevant technologies
  • Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance
  • Ensure all ML models and processes comply with data privacy and security standards
  • Translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Develop scalable AI-driven products and services tailored to the retail and e-commerce industries
  • Participation in research and innovation communities

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
  • 8+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
  • 3+ years of Machine Learning experience
  • Familiarity with recommendation systems and large language models such as Claude, AWS Bedrock, GPT4o, etc.
  • Experience in natural language processing (NLP) and image recognition models
  • Proficiency in coding with ML platforms (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
  • Solid software engineering skills and understanding of software development practices and version control systems (e.g., Git)
  • Strong understanding of basic ML techniques (e.g., supervised and unsupervised learning)
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
  • Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges


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