
Senior AI Engineer, Agentic AI
Prophix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Contribute to the design and implementation of agentic AI solutions that power Prophix One Intelligence
- Build and enhance retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems to support financial analysis and decision-making
- Develop and integrate AI tools that enable task automation across financial workflows
- Implement AI systems that process natural language inputs while maintaining accuracy, reliability, and data integrity
- Participate in defining and evolving shared AI architecture, patterns, and best practices
- Implement and refine evaluation frameworks to measure and improve LLM performance
- Develop scalable AI services using AWS-native technologies
- Collaborate closely with other AI engineers, product partners, architects, and LLM Ops to deliver cohesive solutions
- Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews within the AI team
- Stay current with advancements in AI and apply relevant techniques to real-world financial use cases
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on AI/ML systems
- Strong Python development skills, including building production services using FastAPI
- Solid experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, and embedding-based search
- Hands-on experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI SDK and AWS Bedrock
- Experience building agentic AI workflows and integrating tools with LLMs
- Knowledge of Text-to-SQL techniques and natural language processing concepts
- Experience with AWS services such as Fargate, SQS, and OpenSearch
- Familiarity with LLM evaluation techniques (e.g., LLM-as-Judge, automated evaluators)
- Experience with LLM observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Langfuse, Datadog)
- Strong understanding of system design principles for scalable AI applications
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a cross-functional engineering team
- Comfort using AI tools responsibly to support tasks such as research, drafting, or data review
- Ability to learn new tools and adapt as technology evolves
- Curiosity and openness to exploring new approaches
- Collaborative mindset when working with teams and technology
- Must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage
- Retirement savings with employer contributions
- Parental leave top-up
- Annual wellness allowance
- Generous paid time off including vacation and sick time
- Social events, team activities, and opportunities to build community
- Opportunities to participate in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
- Quarterly Town Halls and Kickoffs that bring teams together to celebrate wins, share updates, and look ahead at what’s next
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonFastAPIretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)vector databasesembedding-based searchnatural language processingText-to-SQLLLM platformsAI workflowssystem design principles
Soft Skills
collaborationcuriosityadaptabilitycommunicationteamworkopenness to exploring new approachesresponsibility in using AI toolsproblem-solvingtechnical discussion participationdesign review participation