
Staff AI/ML Data Engineer
Solink
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Ottawa • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$145,000 - CA$180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect and operate telemetry ingestion and trace systems at production scale
- Define dataset versioning and data modeling standards for AI evaluation
- Design and enforce evaluation gates that protect model quality in production
- Own the reliability, observability, and performance of data and evaluation pipelines
- Set platform standards and guide architectural direction across teams
Requirements
- Significant production data engineering experience in AI or ML-driven systems (batch and streaming at scale)
- Deep experience with AWS or GCP data infrastructure and distributed systems
- Proven ownership of dataset versioning, schema evolution, and data modeling strategy for AI workloads
- Experience building and operating evaluation pipelines for LLM/VLM or other AI systems (deterministic and model-graded)
- Strong telemetry, tracing, and observability experience for production AI systems
- Strong architectural judgment and end-to-end ownership of AI-facing production systems
- Ability to move quickly under ambiguity and make principled trade-offs.
Benefits
- Fully paid health & dental (no waiting period) + $500 health spending account for full-time, permanent Solink employees.
- Monthly reimbursement for fitness, wellness, or mental health programs for all Solink employees.
- Meaningful equity: Every full-time, permanent employee has a stake in our growth.
- Advancement is based on contribution, initiative, and the ability to raise the bar.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringAI systemsML systemsdataset versioningdata modelingevaluation pipelinestelemetrytracingobservabilitydistributed systems
Soft Skills
architectural judgmentend-to-end ownershipability to move quicklydecision making under ambiguityprincipled trade-offs