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Salary
💰 CA$175,000 - CA$220,000 per year
About the role
- Define the long-term AI vision and technical direction for the product
- Partner with Product Management to influence product strategy and roadmap
- Identify opportunities where AI can meaningfully improve customer value
- Design and review architectures and system designs
- Establish standards and best practices for AI development
- Coordinate AI technologies and tooling across teams
- Guide decisions around build vs. buy vs. open-source adoption
- Lead research and experimentation into new AI technologies
- Evaluate emerging tools, models, and platforms
- Drive education through documentation, workshops, and mentorship
- Influence without direct authority across multiple teams
- Drive alignment and adoption of AI standards
- Lead change management for new tools and approaches
- Stay close to the code and models when needed
- Support teams with prototyping, troubleshooting, and architectural decisions
- Help modernize legacy AI systems and address technical debt
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of experience in software and AI systems development
- Experience as a Staff/Principal Engineer, CTO, VP Engineering, or similar
- Strong architectural and system design skills
- Proven ability to influence and lead across teams
- Hands-on experience with production AI systems at scale
- Strong communication and teaching skills
- Experience in small to mid-sized organizations preferred
- Candidates must undergo a criminal records check upon hire;
- Be a Canadian Citizen (dual citizens included), or eligible to work in Canada;
- Be willing to comply with Solink’s own security policies and standards.
Benefits
- Fully paid health & dental (no waiting period) + $500 health spending account.
- Monthly reimbursement for fitness, wellness, or mental health programs.
- Meaningful equity: Every full-time, permanent employee has a stake in our growth.
- Clear expectations, honest feedback, and no politics.
- Clarity and trust: Where the role allows, we support flexibility in how and where work gets done.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
AI developmentsystem designarchitectural designproduction AI systemsprototypingtroubleshootingtechnical debt managementemerging tools evaluationopen-source adoptionAI standards
Soft skills
influenceleadershipcommunicationmentorshipchange managementcollaborationeducationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam alignment