AI Engineer
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
The AI Engineer will join the Group Functions AI team focusing on designing and shipping production-grade AI services that power Global Risk Compliance Procurement and emerging GenAI solutions across the enterprise. The ideal candidate should be an advanced programmer with a strong grasp of Data Science Data Engineering Application Development Software Engineering and DevOps who has a mix of software craftsmanship cloud-native engineering and machine-learning know-how to turn data-science prototypes into reliable business-critical products.
Position Responsibilities:
Collaborate with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to build modular reusable ML & GenAI pipelines (feature stores model registries automated retraining).
Engineer and optimize models for performance cost and scalability; run A/B or challenger tests and track data/model drift.
Own production deployment: containerize models (Docker) orchestrate with Kubernetes/AKS and automate CI/CD with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
Stand-up and maintain observability stacks (logging tracing metrics alerting) to ensure SLA/SLO compliance.
Integrate AI services into Risk Compliance Procurement etc. workflows via robust REST/GraphQL APIs and event streams.
Guide solution architecture with Cloud & Security teamsinfra-as-code (Terraform/Bicep) network policies secrets management.
Evaluate and implement GenAI patterns (prompt orchestration RAG guardrails) on Azure OpenAI Databricks and internal LLMs.
Champion engineering best practices and mentor peers on clean code test automation and MLOps standards.
Stay current with advances in ML GenAI and DevSecOps; introduce fit-for-purpose tools and frameworks to the team.
Required Qualifications:
5 years delivering high-availability software in Python
Proven experience operationalizing ML/GenAI models in cloud environments (Azure preferred) using Docker Kubernetes/AKS MLflow or Azure ML.
Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines unit/integration tests code-quality scanning and blue-green or canary releases.
Advanced SQL skills and proficiency with both relational (PostgreSQL SQL Server) and NoSQL/analytic stores (CosmosDB Delta Lake).
Big-data processing using Spark/Databricks; ability to build high-throughput ETL/ELT and feature-engineering workflows.
Experience deploying or fine-tuning LLMs and working with vector databases (Elastic Azure Cognitive Search Pinecone).
Demonstrated ability to balance urgency with delivering high-quality well-documented solutions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Science Mathematics or a related technical field (or equivalent industry experience).
- Masters or PhD degree in a relevant discipline is an asset and may substitute for part of the required experience.
When you join our team:
- Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
- Well recognize and support you in a flexible inclusive environment where well-being truly matters.
- As part of our distributed Group Function AI team youll shape the next generation of AI that drives Manulifes global success.
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About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment retention advancement and compensation and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race ancestry place of origin colour ethnic origin citizenship religion or religious beliefs creed sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions) sexual orientation genetic characteristics veteran status gender identity gender expression age marital status family status disability or any other ground protected by applicable law.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process contact .
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto OntarioWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$75880.00 CAD - $140920.00 CADIf you are applying for this role outside of the primary location please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge skills qualifications experience and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits including health dental mental health vision short- and long-term disability life and AD&D insurance coverage adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays vacation personal and sick days and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S. please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
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About Company
Manulife is a leading financial services group. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.
