AI/ML Developer, IT

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. in Vancouver is seeking a senior developer to shape our AI strategy and build AI-powered tools on our platform.

This role blends technical excellence with regulatory understanding and will drive the first generation of AI-enabled features. Responsibilities include designing AI features, building RAG pipelines, fine-tuning models, and ensuring data governance, risk and compliance alignment, while mentoring the development team and collaborating with risk, operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development with 3+ years in AI-powered apps.
• Experience with .NET, .NET Framework, C#, or Python.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure services.
• Hands-on experience with LLM/RAG, vector search, and agents.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and integrating with services.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered features in existing apps.
• Build RAG pipelines and agent/tool calling workflows for internal data.
• Fine-tune models with data prep, evaluation, and guardrails.
• Enforce data governance: protect PII, data residency, access control, and logging.
• Evaluate models, vendors, and cost-effective build-vs-buy options.
• Set up monitoring, evaluation, and cost-control for AI in production.
• Define standards and mentor the development team.
• Collaborate with risk/compliance to meet regulatory requirements.
• Partner with advisors, operations, and compliance on AI use cases.

Skills

Software development experience

AI-powered applications

RESTful APIs

Security & compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure App Services

Azure Functions

Service Bus

Key Vault

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

Who we are: Canaccord Genuity (CG) is a leading independent full-service financial services firm.

Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000

We are hiring a senior developer to shape our AI strategy and build the first generation of AI‑powered tools on our existing technology platform. This is an applied development role that blends technical excellence with regulatory understanding.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain new AI‑powered features and integrate them into existing applications and workflows.
• Develop retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, agent and tool‑calling workflows, and orchestration over internal documents and data.
• Fine‑tune hosted/managed models on our data when measurable value is achieved, including data preparation, evaluation, and guarding against overfitting and data leakage.
• Implement AI within a strong data‑governance framework: protect PII, ensure data residency, set access control, identity flows, and audit logging.
• Assess models, vendors, and platforms, and make pragmatic build‑versus‑buy recommendations.
• Establish monitoring, evaluation, and cost‑control practices for AI systems in production.
• Define technical standards for AI work and mentor members of the development team.
• Work with risk and compliance to ensure solutions meet regulatory requirements.
• Partner with advisors, operations, and compliance to surface, prioritize, and scope practical AI use cases with clear business value.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years building AI‑powered applications.
• Strong hands‑on experience with at least one of .NET, .NET Framework, C#, or Python.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Key Vault, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience building applications with large language models: RAG, function calling/agents, vector search, and evaluation.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of AI models and agent technologies, able to recommend the most appropriate choice for specific business problems, balancing performance, cost, and risk.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating with third‑party services.
• Solid understanding of Azure DevOps for CI/CD, build/release pipelines, and source control (Git).
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. CG provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodations throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know.

In order to be considered for employment, candidates selected for interviews must show proof of citizenship, permanent residence, or eligibility to work in Canada with no restrictions.