Applied AI Agent Development Lead

Google; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 260,000 - 266,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Bonus target

Job summary

Google LLC in Canada is seeking an experienced Agent Development Manager for Applied AI. You will lead the development of sophisticated AI agents, oversee a team of software engineers, and drive technical strategy across customer-engaged projects.

Role focuses on designing secure, observable multi-agent systems and coordinating with sales to win strategic opportunities. The position emphasizes hands-on leadership, architecture standards, and building scalable agentic solutions with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in cloud computing or a technical customer-facing role.
• Experience in Python or similar coding languages.
• Experience developing and deploying agentic solutions utilizing tools, multi-agent workflows and RAG systems.
• Experience managing customer projects, and experience in resource management.
• Experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead, establishing code standards, architectural best practices, and benchmarks across the team.
• Partner with sales and tech leadership to define requirements for high-value opportunities and deploy agents for key accounts.
• Lead technical hiring for Applied AI Agent Development and evaluate AI agent expertise and development skills.
• Identify skill gaps in emerging tech and ensure subject matter expertise in the evolving AI stack.
• Collaborate with product/engineering to translate field insights into roadmaps and build internal tools for efficiency.

Skills

Python

Agent development

People management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Master’s or PhD in AI/CS (preferred)

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Google LLC in Canada is seeking an experienced Agent Development Manager for Applied AI. You will lead the development of sophisticated AI agents, oversee a team of software engineers, and drive technical strategy across customer-engaged projects.

Role focuses on designing secure, observable multi-agent systems and coordinating with sales to win strategic opportunities. The position emphasizes hands-on leadership, architecture standards, and building scalable agentic solutions with