Software Engineer, AI

Whyyoulllove Softchoice:

At Softchoice a World Wide Technology (WWT) company we work together to make a new world happen. As an IT solutions provider serving U.S. commercial and SMB organizations as well as the entire Canadian market we help organizations turn ambition into realworld outcomes. We do this through the delivery of secure cloud AI software and digital workplace solutions that enable agility innovation and growth.

With a highly engaged high-performing team we are certified as a Great Place to Work in both Canada and the United States and have been recognized as a Best Workplace in Canada for more than 20 years. We stand proudly for our people and their success through career development and advancement and continuously strive to do whats good for our people and communities.

As part of WWT we connect customers to the global scale advanced innovation world-class partnerships and deep expertise of a leader in AI and digital transformation. This includes access to WWTs Advanced Technology Center (ATC) a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software that enables customers and partners to conceptualize test and validate innovative solutions before deploying them at scale.

The impact you will have:

Softchoice is on a mission to help our clients unleash the power of AI and cloud-native software. We are hiring a Software Engineer AI to play a key role in designing and delivering AI-driven solutions that empower businesses with intelligent automation data-driven insights and next-generation software applications.

In this intermediate-level role you will independently deliver complex components and defined technical workstreams from design through deployment and operational support while working within an overall solution architecture established with senior engineers and architects. You will translate business requirements into secure scalable and supportable software and help move AI concepts and proofs of concept into production.

What youll do:

• Design build test deploy and support production-ready AI applications and defined technical workstreams with architectural guidance on broader solution decisions.
• Translate customer and business requirements into component designs implementation plans estimates acceptance criteria and technical trade-offs.
• Develop AI solutions using LLMs RAG semantic search document/data processing and agentic workflows.
• Build secure backend services APIs integrations and cloud-native components that connect AI applications with enterprise systems and data sources.
• Design and optimize ingestion chunking embeddings retrieval prompting grounding tool use memory and workflow orchestration.
• Evaluate models platforms and solution approaches based on quality latency cost scalability security privacy and operational requirements.
• Productionize AI solutions through automated testing resiliency observability performance optimization evaluation monitoring and responsible AI controls.
• Contribute to CI/CD infrastructure-as-code containerized/serverless deployments and MLOps/LLMOps practices.
• Participate in architecture design and code reviews; create reusable components; improve engineering standards; and produce technical documentation and runbooks.
• Collaborate with customers architects engineers data teams and business stakeholders through discovery technical design demonstrations estimates and knowledge transfer.

What youll bring to the table:

• Typically 46 years of software engineering experience including at least 2 years developing AI machine learning or generative AI solutions.
• Proven experience delivering production-grade applications or AI capabilities beyond proof-of-concept.
• Strong Python development skills and experience with at least one additional language such as TypeScript/JavaScript Java C# or Go.
• Experience building backend services APIs integrations databases authentication/authorization and asynchronous or event-driven applications.
• Hands-on experience with Azure AWS or Google Cloud and modern AI platforms such as Azure AI Foundry Amazon Bedrock Vertex AI OpenAI Anthropic or open-source models.
• Practical experience with LLM applications RAG embeddings vector search prompt engineering AI agents/tool integration evaluation and structured or unstructured data pipelines.
• Experience developing modern web applications using frameworks such as React or .
• Solid understanding of software architecture secure development responsible AI and component-level technical design.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot Cursor or Claude Code to accelerate development testing troubleshooting and documentation.
• Strong communication estimation Agile delivery and customer-facing collaboration skills with the ability to independently own defined technical work.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Docker Kubernetes serverless architectures messaging caching workflow orchestration and distributed systems.
• Experience with Git automated testing CI/CD infrastructure-as-code production observability and MLOps/LLMOps.
• Exposure to traditional machine learning model fine-tuning or adaptation data science workflows or scalable AI inference.
• Microsoft Azure AWS Google Cloud or AI-related certifications.

Compensation:

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position in Canada is $91200 to $114000 annually % as target incentives.

Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including location experience skill set education and related certification. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ.

Softchoice offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit plan to all full-time employees which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing: Medical and Dental Care Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Financial Benefits: RRSP/DPSP Retirement Savings Plan with Company Matching Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off: Vacation and Sick Leave Holidays Parental Leave Volunteer Days Bereavement Leave
• Additional Perks: Employee Discount Program

Not sure if you qualify Think about applying anyway:

We understand that not everyone brings 100% of the skills and experience for the role.

At Softchoice we offer opportunities to a diverse group including those with a variety of workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you are new to corporate tech returning to work after a gap in employment or looking to transition and take the next step in your career we are excited to learn more about you and encourage you to apply.

Why Youll Love Working Here:

• The People: Youll thrive in our collaborative environment surrounded by incredible colleagues who foster support and innovation driving our collective success
• High-Performing Culture: At Softchoice we are dedicated to achieving our goals and committed to success for our customers and each other
• Flexibility: Plan your workdays in a way that suits you best
• Award-Winning Workplace: Proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work for 21 consecutive years
• Inclusive Culture: We are committed to a company culture where every team member can be their authentic self
• Competitive Benefits: Benefit from competitive perks that start on day one

Inclusion & Equal opportunity employment:

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity inclusion & belonging. People seeking employment at Softchoice are considered without regard to any protected category including but not limited to race color religion national origin age sex marital status ancestry disability veteran status gender identity or sexual orientation.

Require accommodation We are ready to help:

We are proud to provide interview & employment accommodation during the recruitment and hiring process. If you require any accommodation to apply or interview for a position please reach out directly to . We are committed to working with you to best meet your needs.

Our commitment to your experience:

We are committed to the safety of all applicants and team members. With that in mind we have implemented digital interviewing for everyone. We understand that you may need to interview with distractions around you (such as children or furry friends) and we will be doing the same.

Before you start with us we will conduct a criminal record check verify your education and check your references.

When you join Softchoice we will onboard you remotely. Dont worry. Its quick simple and youll be connected with your new team in no time.

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