AI-First Technical Lead — Build & Guide SaaS Platform

Optix; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech startup in Vancouver is seeking a Technical Lead to guide the engineering team towards AI-first development practices. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of software engineering experience and a proven track record in building production AI features. This hybrid role involves hands-on development and technical mentorship, contributing to the transformation of a SaaS platform. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary compensation

Employee Stock Option Plan

Health and dental coverage

Professional growth opportunities

Team lunches and socials

Annual health and fitness credit

Flexible hybrid workplace plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years building production AI features.
• Proven experience at a SaaS company navigating ambiguity.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AI APIs and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Head of Product for technical AI solutions.
• Mentor engineering team to drive adoption of AI practices.
• Design and build AI-powered features.

Skills

Building production AI features

Mentorship skills

Full-stack engineering fundamentals

Hands-on expertise with AI APIs

Architectural decision-making

Tools

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

AI frameworks (LangChain, Pydantic)

ETL pipelines

Job description

A leading tech startup in Vancouver is seeking a Technical Lead to guide the engineering team towards AI-first development practices. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of software engineering experience and a proven track record in building production AI features. This hybrid role involves hands-on development and technical mentorship, contributing to the transformation of a SaaS platform. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.