Applied AI Platform Engineer, Application Development

We are hiring an Applied AI Platform Engineer Application DevelopmentReporting To:AVP Application DevelopmentFull-Time/Part- Time:Full-timePosting Date:July 8 2026Closing Date:July 17 2026Hours of Work:8:30 a.m. 5:00 :Office Location: 14.4Toronto ONGreat location! Steps away from the main public transit station What we offer:Highly competitive compensation package which includes base salary bonus benefits and career advancement opportunities! *Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employmentThe Opportunity: The Applied AI Platform Engineer is accountable for building integrating testing deploying monitoring and supporting AI Factory platform capabilities that turn AI concepts and prototypes into reliable production is a hands-on engineering role focused on data pipelines agent tooling API integration model and prompt deployment evaluation harnesses observability CI/CD infrastructure automation access controls cost monitoring and production support across Databricks Azure Python SQL and enterprise delivery tooling. How you will contribute: Build and operate applied AI platform components including Lakeflow ingestion jobs Delta Lake bronze silver and gold tables Unity Catalog governed schemas vector indexes document processing pipelines agent tools APIs evaluation jobs and deployment AI enabled workflows using Python SQL FastAPI Databricks Jobs or notebooks MLflow Model Serving Vector Search Azure AI Document Intelligence Azure OpenAI Service through approved gateway patterns and agent frameworks such as Mosaic AI SDK LangGraph LangChain or MCP where and maintain CI/CD pipelines Terraform modules automated tests data quality checks environment promotion controls Git based workflows release packages and operational observability for AI workloads including MLflow traces evaluation results model and prompt versions latency quality drift token and platform cost error handling alerting dashboards and Azure Monitor or Log Analytics production controls including Entra ID RBAC Key Vault secrets private connectivity logging audit evidence PII handling retention confidence thresholds exception routing feedback capture rollback support and kill switch AI services with core mortgage platforms SQL Server sources document repositories broker communication channels event backbones such as Azure Service Bus and user surfaces such as React Blazor or other enterprise UAT parallel runs defect triage performance validation incident analysis root cause analysis and controlled handoff from implementation partners to FN support vendor delivered or prototype components into modular testable documented supportable services that First National can maintain and experience you need: Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline.5 plus years of progressive software engineering data engineering platform engineering cloud engineering machine learning engineering or LLMOps hands-on experience with Python SQL APIs CI/CD automated testing Git based development cloud services data platform engineering and production with Microsoft Azure Databricks or comparable platforms MLflow or similar tooling model serving vector search prompt management observability and infrastructure automation is strongly knowledge of RAG document intelligence agentic workflows prompt testing evaluation methods confidence scoring red teaming guardrails human review controls and model or prompt drift to build reliable pipelines services jobs and integrations with attention to performance cost resilience security privacy data governance and operational supporting UAT production releases incident triage monitoring root cause analysis and runbook based operational in financial services mortgage lending lending operations servicing broker channels third party partnerships or regulated technology environments is :External Customers: Works with implementation partners cloud providers data and AI platform providers and specialist vendors on engineering delivery integration monitoring and Customers: Partners with the AI Engineering Lead product teams engineering teams data teams information security risk and control stakeholders and business users to turn AI use cases into reliable production Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:Office environmentPeriods of high volume with tight timelinesLong periods of stationary position/sittingProlonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)Long periods of time in viewing a computer screenMulti-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer join First NationalCompetitive Compensation Comprehensive benefits program (i.e. Health Spending Account Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)Extensive training programs to set our employees up for success Modern office environment conducive to collaborationSupportive teamwork culture Opportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities Ongoing social events throughout the year The team youll join: Founded in 1988 First National is one of Canadas largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canadas largest commercial mortgage lender. First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners. We would like to thank all applications for their interest in this existing vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Artificial Intelligence is not used in our recruitment or hiring process for this role. First National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race color religion national origin age gender identity physical or mental disability sexual orientation and any other category protected by National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.#FNLOON