Lead AI Engineer

Job Description:

• Lead and actively contribute to the development of AI products, pilots and solutions, with a focus on clean, maintainable code using Python, React, and AWS tools.
• Design, architect and build scalable Gen AI solutions, including LLM pipelines, Agentic, MCP, Graph/RAG architectures, and prompt-based applications and emerging tech.
• Implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, Fargate, Glue, and Athena.
• Optimize performance of AI products, Drive continuous learning and experimentation with cutting-edge Gen AI methods, frameworks, APIs, and toolchains.
• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and domain experts to define technical solutions aligned with business needs.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on Gen AI technologies and help shape the organization's AI roadmap.
• Own end-to-end delivery of Gen AI solutions. Manage timelines, deliverables, and project milestones using Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban).
• Monitor operational metrics and incident data to drive continuous improvement and reliability.
• Ensure adherence to governance, DevSecOps protocols.

Required Experience:

• 6+ years of progressive experience in engineering roles, including at least 1-2 years leading emerging tech or AI initiatives.
• Gen AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA) and prompt engineering techniques
• Agentic AI, MCP, and Graph/RAG architectures
• Gen AI Framework (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Amazon Bedrock)
• Web application development using Next.js, React, TypeScript/JavaScript
• AWS cloud services (EC2, ELB/GLB/NLB, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, Athena, Glue, Lake Formation)
• Infrastructure as Code (Puppet, Terraform, Docker) and containerized deployments
• ETL orchestration using Apache Airflow/DAGs
• Vector/Graph databases (Weaviate, Milvus, PGVector, Neo4J, Neptune) and query optimization
• Python programming (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Boto3)
• Automated testing frameworks (Ragas, Playwright, Zephyr, Selenium,)
• Familiarity with SDLC best practices, DevSecOps, Agile Scrum/Kanban, and work management tools (JIRA, Confluence, JIRA Align).
• Knowledge of LLM fine tuning techniques
• Experience in BI tools like QuickSight, Tableau
• Knowledge of financial markets and enterprise data systems

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

GlobalLogic estimates the starting pay range for this role to be performed in Toronto and the salary range will be $135,000/yr to $140,000/yr and reflects base salary only. This pay range is provided as a good faith estimate, and the amount offered may be higher or lower. GlobalLogic takes many factors into consideration in making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations.

What We Offer

Exciting Projects: Come take your place at the forefront of digital transformation! With clients across all industries and sectors, we offer an opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.

Collaborative Environment: You can expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities!

Work-Life Balance: GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.

Professional Development: We provide continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills) to help you realize your professional goals. Being part of a global organization, there are additional learning opportunities through international knowledge exchanges.

Excellent Benefits: We provide our employees with competitive salaries, health and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, and PTO and holidays.

About GlobalLogic: GlobalLogic is a leader in digital engineering. We help brands across the globe design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences for the modern world. By integrating experience design, complex engineering, and data expertise—we help our clients imagine what’s possible, and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic operates design studios and engineering centers around the world, extending our deep expertise to customers in the automotive, communications, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, semiconductor, and technology industries. GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) which contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through data and technology as the Social Innovation Business.