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Solution Architect, Agentic Engineering
Toronto · Principal
Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 170k-CAD 220kDetected 153 days ago
PythonReactNext.jsDistributed SystemsGitVector DatabasesGCPCloud PlatformsTerraformRESTNLPLLMsRAGAgentic AIA/B TestingDesign SystemsAccessibilitySEOContent MarketingBrand StrategyLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- We bring together deep domain expertise across Retail, CPG, Sports, and Media with AI-native delivery capability, designing and delivering agentic solutions that turn CX vision into commercial reality.
- For more information, visit applydigital.com.
Responsibilities
- Define, own, and evolve the high-level technical architecture for internal and client platforms and shared services, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, observable, and production-ready.
- Organizing, distributing and translating backlog requirements from Product, UX and other disciplines, into detailed spec driven requirements for Agents to implement.
- Synthesize user stories, site maps, content strategy, components and design systems, brand strategy, etc, into specifications that coding Agents will implement.
- Design and guide layered and distributed architectures, ensuring sound use of queues, caching, APIs, and database schemas while using teams of coding agents.
- Coach engineers on effective agent design, prompt architecture, and decision modeling.
- Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered systems, including: LLM integrations (Gemini 3, Claude Opus, GPT-4.x/5.x)
- Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered systems, including: LLM integrations (Gemini 3, Claude Opus, GPT-4.x/5.x); Vector stores and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
- Lead and mentor senior engineers and technical leads across multiple teams.
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product, and Delivery leaders to align technical initiatives with organizational goals.
- Manage dependencies and technical risks across concurrent initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a Technology Director, Principal Engineer, or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
- Demonstrated experience with spec-driven development.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).
- Experience implementing vector stores and RAG architectures.
- You are a strong polyglot, in particular with Python 3 and TypeScript.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Hands-on experience with Vertex AI and Google Gen AI APIs.
- Experience with the BMAD Method or similar spec-driven development frameworks.
- Experience with AI agent design patterns, task planning, and reasoning.
Skills
- Broaden your skills on a range of engagements with international brands that have a global impact.
Compensation
- CAD 170k-CAD 220k
Benefits
- Tailor your extended health and dental plan to your needs, priorities, and preferences.
- Learn more in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) section.
- Work-life balance is key to our team's success, so we offer flexible personal time off (PTO); allowing ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
- Promote disciplined experimentation and learning around emerging AI capabilities.
- Flexible work arrangements: We work in a variety of ways, from remote, to in-office, to a blend of both.
Company info
- We are committed to
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity and fostering a workplace where everyone belongs.
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