Client Technology - Principal Software Engineering

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young is seeking a skilled software/platform engineer in Toronto, ready to lead complex projects and provide advanced technical skills. Applicants should have over 10 years of relevant experience, particularly in development using C#/Java or Python, and a strong understanding of CI/CD processes and AI applications. Join an inclusive environment where you can evolve your technical capabilities and contribute to innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years applied experience in software engineering.
• Significant experience in delivering software/platform engineering solutions.
• Knowledge of embedding models and their application in NLP tasks.

Responsibilities

• Leads solution or infrastructure development for complex projects.
• Solves complex project aspects, performing coding, debugging, and testing.
• Provides technical expertise to maximize efficiency and reliability.

Skills

Technical proficiency

C#/Java or Python

CI/CD

NLP and AI models

Container orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, Mathematics

Tools

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Location: Toronto

Other locations: Anywhere in Region

Requisition ID: 1617691

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The opportunity

• Leads the delivery of solution or infrastructure development services for a large or more complex project, using strong technical capabilities and outstanding hands-on experience!
• Takes accountability for the design, development, delivery and maintenance of solutions or infrastructure, driving compliance with and contributing to the development of relevant standards
• Fully understands business and user requirements and ensures design specifications meet the requirements from a business and technical perspective
  

Your key responsibilities

• Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project, performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the development process
• Provides advanced technical expertise to maximize efficiency, reliability and value from current solutions, infrastructure and emerging technologies, showing technical leadership and identifying and implementing continuous improvement plans
• Develops strong working relationships with peers across Development & Engineering and Architecture teams, collaborating to develop and engineer leading solutions
• Provides a leadership role for the work group, ensuring the appropriate expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities are in place to deliver the project
• Drives consistency to the relevant processes, procedures, standards, technical design whilst supporting the definition, maintenance and implementation of technology standard

Skills and attributes for success

• Advanced technical proficiency in designing, developing, and debugging solutions
• Advanced knowledge of one or more of: C#/Java or Python
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, Mathematics, or related field preferred
• More than 10 years applied experience
• Significant relevant experience in either an internal or external software or platform engineering role, or similar
• Technical knowledge and experience in delivering software / platform engineering solutions (depending on specialism), providing comprehensive technical advice and handling user requirements
• CI/CD delivery using code management, configuration management and automation tools such as GitHub, ADO
• Proficiency in fine-tuning language models for specific tasks, including text generation, summarization, or question answering
• Knowledge of embedding models and their application in NLP tasks like similarity matching, clustering, and information retrieval
• Familiarity with designing and implementing agentic systems that combine AI models with external tools or environments for autonomous decision-making
• Ability to design robust evaluation frameworks for AI models and agents, including metrics development, A/B testing, and performance benchmarking

Ideally, you’ll also

• Microsoft/Google/AWS certificates
• Delivery using modern methodologies
• Significant proven experience in building application using container-orchestration systems like Kubernetes, and container engines like Docker
  

What we look for

• A self-starter, independent-thinker, curious and creative person with ambition and passion

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more .

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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