Director, Data Engineering and AI

Resonaite Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Resonaite Inc. in Toronto seeks a hands-on Director of Data Engineering & AI to lead our data platform, governance framework, analytics, and applied AI initiatives.

The role blends architecture and hands-on delivery (80% data/AI design and engineering, 20% data strategy and governance) to build an integrated Microsoft-based data environment and scalable AI capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Hands-on Azure data services, Fabric, SQL, Dataverse, and Power BI.
• Experience integrating Dynamics 365 and SharePoint as enterprise data sources.
• Proven ability to design and build cloud data platforms and governance capabilities.
• Experience with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data at scale.
• Experience delivering AI-ready data foundations and AI agent solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Power Automate.
• Experience using open-source technologies within Azure while keeping data in Microsoft environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a unified Microsoft Azure data and reporting platform integrating Dynamics 365, Dataverse, SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Fabric, and other enterprise data sources.
• Design and implement scalable data architecture, pipelines, integrations, and reporting solutions.
• Establish metadata, taxonomy, content ontology, data quality, governance, and privacy standards using Microsoft Purview.
• Deliver Power BI reporting and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Develop solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured information including documents, images, PDFs, and call recordings.
• Build an AI-ready data foundation and deliver applied AI and automation solutions using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Power Automate.
• Apply AI to use cases including transcription, summarization, sentiment analysis, entity extraction, image understanding, and document understanding.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and prioritize AI agent opportunities.
• Establish practical standards to ensure AI solutions are secure, responsible, scalable, and reliable.
• Lead and develop a small data and AI team as the function grows.

Skills

Leadership

Data architecture

Governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Azure

Dataverse

Dynamics 365

SharePoint

Power BI

Purview

Copilot Studio

Power Automate

Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Our client in the financial sector is seeking a fulltime Director, Data Engineering & AI to lead the development of its data platform, governance framework, analytics capabilities, and applied AI solutions.

This is a hands-on leadership position, with approximately 80% of the role focused on data/AI architecture, design and engineering and 20% on data strategy and governance. The successful candidate will build an integrated Microsoft-based data environment while developing the organization’s capabilities around AI agents, automation, structured and unstructured data, and responsible AI.

Location: Hybrid 3d/week downtown Toronto

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a unified Microsoft Azure data and reporting platform integrating Dynamics 365, Dataverse, SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Fabric, and other enterprise data sources.
• Design and implement scalable data architecture, pipelines, integrations, and reporting solutions.
• Establish metadata, taxonomy, content ontology, data quality, governance, and privacy standards using Microsoft Purview.
• Deliver Power BI reporting and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Develop solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured information including documents, images, PDFs, and call recordings.
• Build an AI-ready data foundation and deliver applied AI and automation solutions using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Power Automate.
• Apply AI to use cases including transcription, summarization, sentiment analysis, entity extraction, image understanding, and document understanding.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and prioritize AI agent opportunities.
• Establish practical standards to ensure AI solutions are secure, responsible, scalable, and reliable.
• Lead and develop a small data and AI team as the function grows.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or related roles within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Dataverse, and Power BI.
• Experience integrating Dynamics 365 and SharePoint as enterprise data sources.
• Proven experience designing and building cloud data platforms, pipelines, and governance capabilities.
• Experience working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data at scale.
• Experience with document processing, OCR, speech-to-text, summarization, sentiment analysis, and/or entity extraction.
• Experience creating AI-ready data foundations and delivering practical AI agent solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Power Automate, or related technologies.
• Experience using open-source technologies within Azure while maintaining enterprise data within the Microsoft environment.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience operating in a regulated, privacy-sensitive, financial services, or similar environment is an asset.
• Relevant Microsoft data, AI, machine learning, or cloud certifications are an asset.
• French/English bilingualism is an asset.