AIML DevOps Engineer

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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

AI Solution Delivery & Production Deployment

• Enable the end-to-end delivery of AI ML and GenAI solutions supporting use cases from early experimentation through scalable production.
• Partner with data scientists AI engineers data engineers and data ops teams to move solutions from prototype to production-ready delivery.
• Support common AI solution patterns such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) search-driven applications and AI-assisted or agent-based workflows.
• Contribute to reusable deployment approaches and solution templates that accelerate delivery across multiple AI initiatives.

CI/CD & Release Engineering (DevOps / MLOps Enablement)

• Support production deployments on Snowflake and cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent) including automated releases and environment separation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket (or equivalent) to deploy AI/ML and data-driven applications.
• Support release practices including environment separation deployment automation and safe promotion across dev/test/prod.

Reliability Monitoring & Operational Excellence (AIOps Mindset)

• Improve production readiness through monitoring alerting logging deployment validation and operational best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues across pipelines integrations and AI applications; drive root-cause remediation and preventive improvements.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security stability performance and reliability.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Data Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

• 57 years of experience in DevOps software engineering platform engineering or MLOps-related roles.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts release practices and operational support in production environments.
• Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and source control using Bitbucket (or equivalent).
• Proven experience deploying and supporting production systems.
• Experience working with data or AI platforms (e.g. Snowflake or equivalent) or strong interest in learning new platforms.
• Experience collaborating with AI/ML and data engineering teams to operationalize AI-driven applications and data-intensive workflows.
• Proficiency in Python Bash or similar scripting/programming languages.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience deploying AI or data-driven applications including APIs services or lightweight user interfaces (e.g. Streamlit React).
• Experience with integrations authentication/authorization and secure connectivity (e.g. SSO/OAuth service accounts API integrations).
• Exposure to Tableau or analytics/BI tools.
• Experience in financial services fintech or investment management.

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.

This role follows our inoffice work model and requires employees to be onsite four days per week to support collaboration and business needs.

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.