AI Engineer

Elits Canada Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Montreal is seeking a Mid-Senior AI Engineer to develop robust AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience in AI/ML, expertise in model deployment, and proficiency in programming languages such as Python. You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers to enhance AI systems for real-world applications. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks. Open to candidates residing in Canada.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in AI/ML engineering, focusing on production environments.
• Hands-on expertise with programming languages like Python or Java.
• Experience with ML frameworks and deployment tools.

Responsibilities

• Productionize machine learning models and deploy them at scale.
• Tune model and infrastructure performance for speed and scalability.
• Build end-to-end automated pipelines for model serving.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Model Deployment

Problem Solving

Technical Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

ELITS Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of Accelerate at Iver. Our parent company Iver has 1,700 employees today and is growing and now we are looking for new employees who want to join our journey. As part of Accelerate at Iver, you are at the absolute forefront of technology and work on exciting digitization and transformation projects with market-leading customers. We are passionate about realizing digital opportunities in the cloud. Together with our customers, we close the gap between aspiration and successful implementation. Communication is an essential part of the work since we work closely with our customers. As an employee at ELITS you will become a part of a great team that always responds to the customer with humility, and at the same time is very proud of what we deliver.

ELITS is now looking for an AI Engineer for our operations in Montreal.

About this position

As a Mid-Senior AI Engineer, you will be responsible for turning AI and machine learning models into robust, scalable production solutions. Your expertise in model deployment, performance optimization, and workflow automation will help deliver critical insights and operational excellence. You’ll collaborate with Data Scientists, MLOps engineers, and application teams to ensure solutions are reliable and high-performing in real-world scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Productionize machine learning models and deploy them at scale using best-practice engineering principles.
• Tune model and infrastructure performance for speed, scalability, and resource efficiency.
• Build end-to-end automated pipelines for model serving, monitoring, and management.
• Collaborate with data scientists to transition prototypes to production, refactoring code as needed.
• Implement testing, validation, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for ML workflows.
• Monitor deployed models, proactively address drift and performance issues, and execute retraining as required.
• Apply containerization, orchestration, and cloud MLOps tooling to manage models in production.
• Document processes, performance metrics, and system configurations for collaboration and reproducibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years experience in AI/ML engineering, with a focus on production environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Python, Java, or equivalent programming languages.
• Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) and deployment tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in pipeline automation, CI/CD for ML, and model performance monitoring.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and workflow orchestration.
• Proven track record of optimizing deployed AI systems for real-world applications.
• Strong problem-solving and technical communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience transitioning models from R&D to production in enterprise settings.
• Prior exposure to MLOps tools (MLflow, Seldon, Kubeflow, Airflow).
• Contributions to open-source or published work in AI/ML engineering.

Qualities

• Communicative and a positive attitude towards customers and colleagues
• Analytical skills, logical reasoning, and excellent problem-solving skills
• Sense of responsibility, autonomy, and resourcefulness
• Team player, organized, and strive for results and quality
• Creative with ideas to improve the product
• Ability to coordinate and handle more than one task at the same time
• Being proactive

Are you a social, flexible, and structured person with a great interest in information technology? Do you find development, constructing, and use of the latest technologies challenging? In that case – send your application to us today!

This position is open to Canadian residents (persons with work permit in Canada).

ELITS - Accelerate at Iver