Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Type B; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Type B Digital in Calgary, Alberta, is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer for a hybrid/in-office, full-time contract role. You will turn client operations problems into AI products: LLM apps, agents, RAG pipelines and ML models, working across client teams and Type B’s engineers.

This position scopes problems, writes production-ready code, and integrates with client data to deliver usable AI solutions. Oil and gas experience is preferred; role may be deployed into client sites with security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field preferred; diploma or equivalent.
• 4+ years building and shipping software with full-stack capabilities, including at least 2 years on ML or LLM-based systems in production.
• Strong Python; comfortable with SQL and building APIs and services (FastAPI or similar).
• Hands-on experience with LLM applications: RAG, agents and tool use, prompt and eval design, and frontier model APIs.
• Deployment experience on at least one major cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP), plus Docker, CI/CD and basic MLOps or LLMOps.
• Based in the Calgary, Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the client to identify high-value problems in operations.
• Scope and prototype fast with defined success metrics.
• Build production systems with LLMs, agents, RAG pipelines and ML models.
• Integrate with operational data from historians, SCADA/DCS, ERP and document stores.
• Deploy in OT/IT environments with security reviews and on-prem/private cloud.
• Drive adoption by training users and gathering feedback.
• Feed the product by turning patterns into reusable components.
• Own the relationship technically from field staff to CTO.

Skills

Full-stack development

ML/LLM systems

Python

SQL

API design

LLM apps (RAG)

Data engineering

Cloud deployment

Docker

CI/CD

MLOps/LLMOps

Client-facing

Owner mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / related field

Tools

FastAPI

Job description

Location: hybrid/in-office Full Time Contract:6-24 Months

Company Overview:

Type B Digital is an AI consultancy focused on delivering innovative solutions that drive business success. Our team is passionate about technology, creativity, and collaboration, and we are looking for a talented Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join us in our mission.

About the Role

This is a hybrid/in-office role for someone based in Calgary, Alberta. You’ll work closely with client operations, engineering and IT teams to turn real operational problems into working AI products: LLM applications, agents, RAG pipelines and ML models. You’ll scope the problem, write the code, integrate with client data and systems, and see it through to daily use. Experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred. This role will be forward-deployed into a client organization in the Energy sector. They may join an existing team or work independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the client. Work with engineers, operators and control room staff to find high-value problems. Examples: production optimisation, predictive maintenance, drilling performance and document-heavy workflows.
• Scope and prototype fast. Turn a vague task into a defined use case with success metrics. Ship a working prototype on real data within weeks, not months.
• Build production systems. Develop LLM applications, agents, RAG pipelines and ML models. Take them from notebook to deployed, monitored service.
• Integrate with operational data. Connect to historians, SCADA/DCS data, ERP and maintenance systems, and the document stores where engineering knowledge lives.
• Deploy in constrained environments. Work within OT/IT segregation, on-prem or private cloud, limited connectivity at remote sites, and strict security reviews.
• Drive adoption. Train users, gather feedback and iterate until the tool is part of daily operations.
• Feed the product. Turn repeated client patterns into reusable components and accelerators for the wider Type B team.
• Own the relationship technically. Be the trusted technical voice for client stakeholders, from field supervisors to the CTO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field preferred; diploma or equivalent
• 4+ years building and shipping software with full-stack capabilities, including at least 2 years on ML or LLM-based systems in production.
• Strong Python. You should be comfortable with SQL and with building APIs and services (FastAPI or similar).
• Hands-on experience with LLM applications: RAG, agents and tool use, prompt and eval design, and working with frontier model APIs.
• Solid data engineering: pipelines, messy time-series and unstructured data, and data quality in the real world.
• Deployment experience on at least one major cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP), plus Docker, CI/CD and basic MLOps or LLMOps.
• A record of client-facing or cross-functional work. You can explain a technical trade-off to a plant manager and to a data architect.
• An owner's mindset. You are comfortable with ambiguity, you ship with incomplete information, and you follow through to adoption.
• Based in the Calgary, Alberta.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the oil and gas industry (preferred).

Why Join Us?

At Type B Digital, you’ll work on challenging projects within a collaborative remote team. You’ll own real client problems end to end, from scoping to deploying AI systems that get used every day. If you have an oil and gas background, you’ll get to apply that industry knowledge with modern AI.