Senior AI Engineer
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Job Summary
At CI we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves where they can work on innovative products and projects and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.
CI Financial isseekingan experienced and technically strongSenior AI Engineerto join our Data AI & Analytics (DNA) team. This role focuses on theapplied use of Generative AI and Agentic AIleveragingexisting large language models (LLMs) and platformsnot building models from scratch. As a senior member of the team youll take technical ownership of intelligent applications and automation tools that use LLMs to solve business problems set best practices for the team and mentor junior engineers while partnering closely with business engineering and governance stakeholders to bring production-grade AI solutions to life.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Applied Generative & Agentic AI:
Youllbe building the agents and GenAI systems that CIs advisors analysts and operations teamsactually relyon day to day not prototypes that stall out after the demo.
Architect and build production-grade intelligent systems and applications using existing LLMs (e.g. OpenAI Claude Gemini etc.) through API integration prompt engineering fine-tuning or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
Design prototype and lead development of agentic AI systems capable of multi-step reasoning task decomposition and tooluseto automate and support complex business workflows.
Contribute to the design of a reusable scalable AI platform (shared tooling agent frameworks and infrastructure) rather than one-off point solutions so capabilities can be reused across use cases.
Building web app AI solutions using frameworks such as React orStreamlit.
Monitoring & Improvement:
Set technical direction and best practices for GenAI and agentic solution design including evaluationmethodology guardrails and reliability of LLM-powered systems.
Drive continuous iteration and improvement of models and LLM-powered tools based on performance metrics cost and user feedback.
Technical Leadership & Best Practices:
Lead design and code reviews championing best practices around experimentation reproducibility and responsible AI.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Bachelors orMasters degree in Computer Science Data Science AI Machine Learning Statistics or a related field.
Experience:
48 years of experience in a data science machine learning or AI engineering role including hands-on experience delivering production systems.
Demonstrated experience designing building and shipping agentic AI systems involving multi-step reasoning task decomposition and tool use.
Experience designing around real-world infrastructure limitationssuch as rate limits quota management retries/backoff and cost-per-callwhen architecting LLM-powered systems at scale.
Skills:
Deep understanding of prompt engineering RAG fine-tuning and evaluation of generative output includingtradeoffsacross approaches.
Proficiencyin Python and ML/AI libraries (e.g. Scikit-learnPyTorch TensorFlow).
Hands-on skills in designing and orchestrating agentic workflows (multi-step reasoning task decomposition tool/function calling).
Excellent communication skills; able to present complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders including senior leadership.
Experience with cloud-based environments (AWS Azure or GCP).
This role follows our inoffice work model and requires employees to be onsite four days per week to support collaboration and business needs.This opportunity is for an existing vacancy with the company.
This opportunity is for an existing vacancy with the company. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $69500 - $119500. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience skills education and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic addition to base salary this position is eligible for participation in a bonus addition The Company offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees including health insurance coverage wellness programs life and disability insurance retirement savings plans paid leave programs education-related programs paid holidays and vacation time and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
CI Financial is an independent company offering global wealth management and asset management advisory services through diverse financial services firms. Since 1965 we have consistently anticipated and responded to the changing needs of investors. We are driven by a commitment to provide individuals and institutions with the highest-quality investments and advice. Our commitment to the highest levels of performance means that whatever their position CI employees must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment that will stretch them to tap into their highest potential. Employees with a healthy dose of ambition a desire to commit to a curious mindset for continuous learning and a willingness to go the extra mile thrive at CI.
A Supportive Environment for Success
We offer an in-office environment competitive benefits and a supportive workplace to help our employees thrive both personally and professionally.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Modern HQ location within walking distance from Union Station
- Training Reimbursement
- Paid Professional Designations
- Employee Savings Plan (ESP)
- Corporate Discount Program
- Enhanced group benefits
- Parental Leave Topup program
- Paid time off for Volunteering
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.
Please submit your resume in confidence by clicking Apply. Only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. CI Financial Corp. and all of our affiliates (CI) are committed to fair and accessible employment practices and provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodations in order to apply for any job opportunities require this posting in an additional format or require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us or call ext. 4747.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
