Advisor, Agentic AI and Generative AI

Desjardins; Montreal West; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Telework equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Desjardins invites applications for a role in its Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence. You will drive AI initiatives, test novel agent architectures and memory/knowledge management approaches, and translate results into practical recommendations and reusable assets.

The position emphasizes responsible, scalable AI and collaboration with design and deployment teams. Required: a bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/AI, at least four years of related experience, and strong knowledge of French.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/AI or related field
• At least four years of relevant experience
• Experience with memory, context and knowledge management and information retrieval concepts
• Experience with AI frameworks for agent orchestration and multi-agent systems
• Experience with evaluation, validation and observability approaches for AI systems
• Experience designing or implementing AI agent or multi-agent systems
• Ability to transform testing results into recommendations and reusable assets
• Experience publishing technical content
• Open source contributions encouraged
• French language required

Responsibilities

• Identify best practices, AI frameworks and AI standards to maximize Desjardins AI value.
• Experiment with AI agent architectures and memory/context/knowledge management approaches.
• Evaluate AI protocols and frameworks including MCP to guide architecture choices.
• Conduct applied experiments to validate AI approaches and recommend technologies.
• Transform findings into recommendations, guides and reusable assets.
• Produce and distribute articles and presentations to promote knowledge sharing within Desjardins.

Skills

Memory management

Knowledge management

Multi-agent systems

Agent orchestration

Information retrieval

AI evaluation

Research communication

Technical writing

Open source

French language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or related field

4+ years of relevant experience

French language ability

Tools

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Job description

Required

The Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence Department is responsible for implementing Desjardins Group’s AI initiatives, promoting AI best practices, developing expertise in emerging AI approaches and technologies and contributing to the organization’s growth and development in this field. As an advisor in Agentic AI and Generative AI, you work primarily in Desjardins’s incubator and innovation lab in artificial intelligence. You contribute to exploring, testing and validating new AI approaches, practices and technologies to inform technological decisions, develop the target architecture and accelerate the deployment of responsible, scalable and large-scale AI solutions. Based on issues and Desjardins’s concrete needs, you carry out applied experimentation aimed at generating reusable learning. This work helps identify the most promising approaches, the best practices, as well as the technologies, frameworks, standards and tools best suited to maximize the value of AI initiatives. Success in this role depends primarily on your ability to transform testing results into concrete recommendations, reusable benchmarks and proven practices that accelerate the development of Desjardins’s AI capabilities. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Identify best practices, AI frameworks and AI standards to maximize the value of Desjardins’s AI initiatives.
• Experiment with AI agent architectures, multi-agent systems, as well as memory, context and knowledge management approaches to understand their benefits, limitations and conditions for success.
• Evaluate protocols and AI frameworks, platforms and system evaluation approaches, including harnesses and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), to guide AI technology choices and the evolution of the target architecture for AI.
• Conduct applied experimentation to validate different AI approaches and recommend the most promising AI technologies for the organization.
• Transform learning into recommendations, guides, accelerators, AI frameworks and reusable assets for the implementation teams.
• Produce and distribute articles, guides, presentations and other specialized content to promote knowledge sharing and Desjardins’s growth and development in artificial intelligence.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What You Bring To The Table

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• A minimum of four years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Experience with memory, context and knowledge management and information retrieval concepts for AI systems
• Experience with AI frameworks for agent orchestration and multi-agent systems, such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel or equivalents
• Experience with evaluation, validation and observability approaches for AI systems, including harnesses, benchmarks and performance monitoring mechanisms
• Experience in the design or implementation of AI agent systems or multi-agent systems
• Demonstrated experience transforming testing results into concrete recommendations, AI best practices and reusable assets
• Experience publishing technical articles, blog posts, guides or technical content
• Experience contributing to open source projects or technical communities
• Knowledge of French is required

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Trade Union (If applicable)

Job Family

Data (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-08-27