Varicent
Staff Gen AI Developer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$145k-$191kDetected 2 days ago
TypeScriptPythonDistributed SystemsCode ReviewVector DatabasesAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDRESTLLMsRAGLLMOpsLangGraphA/B TestingRecruitingPerformance ManagementTest AutomationResearchMentoring
About the role
- Health & Wellness - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage tailored to your local needs
- Time Off - PTO and public holidays to rest, recharge, and do what matters most
Responsibilities
- Own delivery for significant features or systems - clarify requirements, design solutions, implement, ship, and iterate in production.
- Build and maintain reliable services, APIs, and workflows that support GenAI features at scale.
- Mentor and guide other engineers through design feedback, code reviews, and hands-on technical leadership.
- Build systems that are safe and compliant by design, with strong consideration for privacy, data handling, and responsible AI practices, in partnership with Legal and Security teams.
- The team owns systems end-to-end, including build, release, and operational reliability.
- Volunteer Days - Dedicated time to give back and support the communities that matter to you
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on technical experience writing production-quality code.
- Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript (or similar), building APIs, services, and data pipelines.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability.
- Solid working knowledge of how modern AI applications are built and evaluated, including core concepts, system trade-offs, and practical limitations.
- 6+ years of overall software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years building and shipping production systems in product teams.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, distributed systems, and scalable architecture.
- Experimentation mindset - able to define metrics, build evaluation frameworks, and iterate quickly in ambiguous problem spaces.
- Passion for learning and applying GenAI technologies in practical, production environments.
Nice to have
- Hands-on GenAI/LLM experience: prompt engineering, retrieval/RAG, embeddings, tool or function calling, fine-tuning, or evaluation pipelines.
- Familiarity with LLMOps practices: experiment tracking, version control for prompts/models, and cost or latency optimization.
- Experience with tools such as LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, and vector databases like Pinecone, FAISS, or Milvus.
- Contributions to open source, technical blogs, or conference talks.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- This posting is for a new vacancy.
- This hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment.
Compensation
- For this role, the estimated annual base salary range is between $145,440.00 - $190,800.00 (CAD).
- In addition to base salary, our compensation package may include bonuses, commissions for eligible sales roles, and a comprehensive benefits package.
- The actual base salary will vary based on factors including individual qualifications and market data, as objectively assessed during the interview process.
Benefits
- Ignite Days - Dedicated learning days to support continuous growth, skill development, and professional learning
- Retirement - Retirement plans designed to help you build long-term financial security
- Tuition Assistance - Invest in your growth with support for continuing education and professional development<
- Strong learning velocity - able to assess new models, tools, and frameworks, and recommend pragmatic solutions based on impact, feasibility, and ROI.
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