Senior AI Engineer

Sun Life • Waterloo, ON

5d • $90,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Architecture team is looking for a Senior AI Engineer with at least 5 years of development experience. This role will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing cloud capabilities, and building GenAI solutions across Enterprise Architecture teams in Canada, US, Asia. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our Enterprise Architecture technology and drive innovation at a global scale. The ideal candidate has a passion for cutting-edge technologies and a proven track record of building large-scale, complex software systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a relevant field
• Exceptional communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Hands-on expertise with Claude Code, Python, Java, AWS AI technologies and Lambda, and APIs
• Experience with developing AI bots/agents
• Familiarity with chatbot development concepts, RAG techniques and vector databases
• Experience with DevOps culture, tools, and best practices
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to guide agile teams including junior engineers across multiple time zones
• Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills with a keen eye for detail and the ability to assess alternatives, risks, and benefits
• Commitment to fostering a collaborative, transparent, and trust-based team culture
• Demonstrated success in coaching and mentoring junior engineers in an Agile team setting

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Enterprise Architecture team to design, develop and implement solutions that align with the platform capabilities roadmaps
• Research and pilot the latest GenAI technologies and practices
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, motivating change and fostering innovation within the team
• Create and maintain technical design artifacts that describe application functionality, solution designs, data models, interfaces, and integrations
• Use and enhance our DevOps practices and tools to enforce software guardrails, increase automation, and help engineers build code faster, at a lower cost, and lower risk
• Stay current with industry advancements in cloud technologies, AWS services, and AI/ML
• Provide post-production support for deployed applications, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement

Benefits

• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.

What This Job Offers

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