Lead Python AI Engineer

Synechron • Montreal, QC

5d • CA$140,000 - CA$165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Python AI Lead is a builder and technical leader who helps shape AI strategy through implementation, sets engineering standards, and mentors the Junior AI Team. This role involves active participation in design reviews, coding, experimentation, and production deployments. The ideal candidate will develop solutions for Launchpad that consume AI Services in AWS, requiring a strong understanding of AI, governance, and Agile methodologies.

Requirements

• Strong experience in Python development and practical knowledge of AI frameworks such as Langchain.
• Experience with system integration, API development, and cloud deployment on AWS.
• Ability to develop prototypes, improve, and maintain solutions in production environments.
• Knowledge of Terraform, python development of Launchpad supporting services, Lumina evolution and AWS services
• Development of AI related services for Launchpad and Launchpad backlog.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field, with at least 5 years of software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Jr AI Engineers
• Design, build, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy advanced LLM solutions
• Lead the development of frameworks with Langchain
• Build agents using AWS Strands SDK, Bedrock AgentCore SDK, and other AWS services
• Develop agent logic and troubleshooting using strong Python skills
• Implement comprehensive evaluation frameworks for model performance and RAG quality
• Create backend services with Python and integrate with platform APIs
• Integrate domain-specific RAG pipelines and evaluation metrics
• Consume platform services (gateways, MCP tools, observability) following security patterns

Benefits

• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%.
• A higher education certification policy.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior