Architect, Digital Development (French Services) (Telework / Hybrid)

CBC / Radio-Canada; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian broadcaster seeks an Architect for Digital Development to design AI-powered services. This hybrid role focuses on integrating AI technologies for a better user experience. Candidates should have strong software architecture experience and an understanding of AI stacks. The position involves collaboration with diverse teams to enhance product offerings. Interested applicants must be fluent in French and willing to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with large-scale platforms.
• Understanding of language model fine-tuning.
• Experience with recommendation algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical architecture for AI-powered services.
• Lead integration of vector databases.
• Develop control frameworks for generated results.

Skills

Proven experience as a software architect

Strong command of LLMs

Solid knowledge of modern AI and data stacks

Familiarity with cloud environments

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Milvus

Pinecone

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Overview

Position Title: Architect, Digital Development (French Services) (Telework / Hybrid)

Status of Employment: Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement: French

Language Skills: French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

Work at CBC / Radio-Canada

At CBC / Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date: 2025-09-29 11:59 PM

Why join CBC / Radio-Canada

As part of a strategic initiative to modernize our digital ecosystem, we are looking for a passionate Architect in the field of AI, capable of designing and integrating artificial intelligence-assisted features to offer personalized experiences to our users.

Our innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are central to our strategy, with a focus on enhancing and evolving our products for the future. Our initiatives aim to incorporate cutting-edge AI technology to strengthen our offerings and anticipate our clients’ future needs. By joining our team, you will be part of this innovation cell and play a vital role in designing and developing innovative solutions that will transform our products and services. Your expertise and creativity will be key to keeping us at the forefront of technological innovation. We are adopting a responsible approach to AI that puts our users’ interests first and that values the talent and creativity of the people who showcase our culture.

This is a hybrid position with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

Why is this role important?

We are looking for a visionary software architect to lead the design and evolution of our next-generation platform, which will be powered by generative AI and large language models (LLMs).

This is a key role that goes beyond typical responsibilities. You will establish the technical foundation for our AI-powered products, ensuring their scalability, performance and editorial integrity across our search, chatbot, recommendation and editorial management tools.

You will work closely with our product, editorial and technical teams to transform how our users interact with news and information.

Role responsibilities

How you will make an impact :

• Architecture and Design
  • Define the technical architecture for AI-powered services, including a search engine with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), chatbots, recommendation engines and editorial support tools.
  • Design APIs and data pipelines that integrate our content library with LLMs, focusing on performance and scalability.
  • Establish hybrid architectural standards combining traditional services with generative AI (caching, vector databases, fine-tuning pipelines).
• AI and Data Integration
  • Design and oversee RAG frameworks for contextual and reliable responses.
  • Lead integration of vector databases, embedding systems and knowledge graph technologies.
  • Define strategies for model selection, fine-tuning and orchestration while ensuring editorial and ethical guidelines.
• Governance, Reliability and Security
  • Develop control frameworks to ensure generated results are safe, relevant, unbiased and compliant with editorial standards.
  • Implement mechanisms for detecting hallucinations, reducing bias and validating factual accuracy.
  • Collaborate with editorial teams to incorporate human-in-the-loop processes when necessary.
• Collaboration and Leadership
  • Partner with product managers to align architecture with strategic priorities and user needs.
  • Guide and support development teams in adopting best practices for generative AI and LLMs.
  • Act as a liaison between engineering and data science teams and editorial stakeholders.
• Scalability and Performance
  • Ensure the design of efficient, cost-effective and robust solutions for the massive, real-time traffic typical of news and media environments.
  • Design architectures that can dynamically adapt to user behaviour and current events.

Qualifications

• Technical Expertise
  • Proven experience as a software architect, principal engineer or equivalent on large-scale platforms.
  • Strong command of LLMs, RAG architectures, vector search, embeddings and recommendation systems.
  • Solid knowledge of modern AI and data stacks, including vector databases (e.g., Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS), orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex) and ML platforms.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) and MLOps practices.
  • Expertise in back-end / web architectures (APIs, microservices and distributed systems).
• AI-Specific Skills
  • Understanding of language model fine-tuning, evaluation and alignment mechanisms.
  • Knowledge of AI evaluation metrics (relevance, coherence, diversity, factual accuracy).
  • Experience with recommendation algorithms, personalization and A/B testing.
• Cross-Functional Skills
  • A strategic vision that balances editorial integrity with technological innovation.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex AI concepts for various audiences.
  • Leadership and mentorship abilities that foster a collaborative culture.
• Assets
  • Experience in the media, publishing or news sector.
  • Participation in open-source AI / ML projects.
  • An understanding of the ethical issues of AI, including bias detection and regulatory frameworks.
  • Proficiency in English.

In your first 12 to 18 months, you will have :

• Defined and deployed the AI architecture that powers our new search, chatbot and recommendation engines.
• Established governance frameworks to ensure reliable and editorially aligned results.
• Empowered teams to quickly prototype, test and deploy user experiences enriched by generative AI.

Contract details

Please note that this is a 12-month renewable contract position. This regular position is not a consulting mandate, but rather a long-term opportunity with interesting benefits as a Radio-Canada employee.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes a mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

Equal opportunity statement

CBC / Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where individual differences are recognized and valued across all services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please inform us by email.

Code of Conduct

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. If you become an employee, please inform us as quickly as possible of any situation that constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings: Full time