AI Engineer

fabric Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

fabric Inc is seeking an innovative AI Engineer to join their dynamic team in Toronto. This role involves developing and deploying AI/ML solutions, collaborating across teams, and utilizing your extensive experience in applied ML in a fast-paced startup environment. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to influence the evolution of commerce. If you're passionate about innovative solutions and eager to disrupt e-commerce, we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive compensation

PTO and holidays

Medical, Dental, Life, Vision insurance

Wellness & Technology programs

Retirement plan

Fast-paced, collaborative environment

Support for personal and professional growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years in applied ML/AI roles, preferably in product-focused environments.
• Experience deploying ML models for applications like recommendations or search.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end SaaS product building.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end AI/ML solutions: Define problems, design models, and deploy.
• Develop production-grade pipelines for training and monitoring models.
• Collaborate across teams to develop AI solutions for real-world problems.

Skills

Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, Engineering, Econometrics/Statistics

Tools

Deep Learning

Classical ML

Reinforcement Learning

NLP

Job description

We are a brilliant team making history in the evolution of the commerce industry. Fabric is a next-generation commerce platform designed to provide the services customers expect, enabling them to build world-class experiences, anywhere.

Fabric's mission is to revolutionize commerce for everyone. We empower businesses striving to deliver commerce solutions that drive conversion and customer outcomes. Leading retailers such as Chico’s, Brooklinen, and Ashley’s Furniture trust fabric to run their modern commerce operations. Headquartered in San Francisco, fabric was founded in 2017 by industry veterans committed to applying Amazon-like technical principles to retail.

No matter your field, fabric offers exciting opportunities for passionate and skilled individuals eager to make a difference.

Consider these questions:

- Do I believe in fabric's mission?

- Am I eager to build innovative solutions?

- Do I enjoy collaborating with talented people?

- Am I motivated to disrupt e-commerce?

If yes, we want to hear from you!

Where we hire:

United States - Limited to California, Washington, New York, Texas, Massachusetts

Canada - Limited to specific provinces (not specified here)

At fabric, we aim to redefine commerce with intelligent AI agents that help merchants grow smarter, faster, and more profitably. We’re seeking an AI Engineer to help architect and scale our agentic AI platform, central to our next-generation commerce system.

You’ll join a small, impactful team working on building intelligent applications from the ground up, closely collaborating with the CPTO and reporting to the Head of AI Engineering. This role is ideal for someone excited to work across the full product lifecycle in a startup environment and help shape our AI foundation.

Your Responsibilities:

1. Contribute to end-to-end AI/ML solutions: Define problems, design models, train, evaluate, and deploy AI/ML systems into production.
2. Develop production-grade pipelines: Implement pipelines for training, testing, serving, and monitoring models.
3. Apply various AI/ML techniques: From supervised/unsupervised learning to deep learning and optimization, as appropriate.
4. Build intelligent data products: Such as recommendation engines, personalization, categorization, search ranking, forecasting, and fraud detection.
5. Support MLOps efforts: Maintain infrastructure and tooling for rapid experimentation and reliable deployment.
6. Collaborate across teams: Work with product managers, designers, and engineers to develop AI solutions addressing real-world problems.
7. Stay curious and informed: Explore new tools, research, and techniques to improve AI systems.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in applied ML/AI roles, preferably in product-focused or high-growth startup environments.
• Experience deploying ML models for real-world applications (recommendations, search, NLP, etc.).
• Full-stack ML expertise:
• Modeling: deep learning, classical ML, RL, unsupervised learning.
• Product building: end-to-end SaaS products.
• Knowledge of graphs is a plus.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, Engineering, Econometrics/Statistics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Passion for building scalable, usable products.

Salary Range:

Canada: CAD $135K - $170K annually.

US: USD $150K - $190K annually.

Compensation includes base salary, potential bonuses, equity, and benefits. Final offers depend on experience, qualifications, and location.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• PTO and holidays
• Medical, Dental, Life, Vision insurance
• Wellness & Technology programs
• Retirement plan
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Personal and professional growth support

Remote opportunities available in specified US states.