Fullstack AI Engineer - GFT Halifax

RBC; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a pragmatic AI engineer to design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI agents and LLM-powered workflows. You will integrate LangChain/LlamaIndex, build robust asynchronous pipelines, and expose capabilities via RESTful APIs in a secure OpenShift environment.

The role emphasizes PostgreSQL-backed data models, containerization with Docker, and strong emphasis on prompt safety and enterprise security patterns. 2–4 years of Python experience with Django/DRF is required.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of hands-on Python development with Django and DRF.
• Experience building and deploying LLM-powered apps via OpenAI/Claude/AWS Bedrock.
• Strong prompt engineering, tool calling, and multi-turn AI patterns.
• Experience with LangChain or LlamaIndex for workflow orchestration and RAG.
• PostgreSQL expertise: schemas, raw SQL, complex data models.
• Async Python (asyncio, sync_to_async) and background task processing.
• RESTful API design with error handling and versioning.
• Docker and OpenShift or Kubernetes containerization and deployment.
• Security: OAuth 2.0, API keys, and secret management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI agents and LLM-powered workflows using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework.
• Build robust agentic workflows with LangChain/LlamaIndex, including multi-step pipelines and RAG.
• Create asynchronous background task systems for long-running AI workloads with PostgreSQL backends.
• Develop RESTful APIs to expose AI capabilities to frontend apps and downstream services.
• Integrate ML models and AI services into enterprise apps with embedding and document processing.
• Design PostgreSQL schemas for versioned data, audit trails, and session state.
• Deploy AI applications on OpenShift using Docker; ensure reliability, security, and scalability.
• Apply enterprise security patterns: OAuth 2.0, SSL, and credential management.
• Incorporate prompt safety and output validation for production-grade AI.

Skills

Python

Django REST Framework

LangChain

LlamaIndex

PostgreSQL

Asyncio

OpenShift

Kubernetes

OAuth 2.0

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

REST APIs

Job description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY? Are you a passionate, innovative, and results-driven AI engineer who excels at building intelligent applications that transform how enterprise teams work? If so, we invite you to join our team! Global Functions Technology (GFT), part of RBC's Technology and Operations division, collaborates across the company to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions for our Risk, Audit, and Finance clients. We foster a culture of innovation, encouraging bold ideas and challenging the status quo. At GFT, you'll have opportunities to develop your technical, business, and professional skills, connect with colleagues through networking events, and benefit from mentorship and leadership support. Our leaders are committed to celebrating achievements and sharing knowledge to drive collective progress.

Job Description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY? Are you a passionate, innovative, and results-driven AI engineer who excels at building intelligent applications that transform how enterprise teams work? If so, we invite you to join our team! Global Functions Technology (GFT), part of RBC's Technology and Operations division, collaborates across the company to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions for our Risk, Audit, and Finance clients. We foster a culture of innovation, encouraging bold ideas and challenging the status quo. At GFT, you'll have opportunities to develop your technical, business, and professional skills, connect with colleagues through networking events, and benefit from mentorship and leadership support. Our leaders are committed to celebrating achievements and sharing knowledge to drive collective progress.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI agents and LLM-powered workflows using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework. Integrate and orchestrate large language models (e.g., Claude, GPT) via API gateways, including prompt engineering, structured output parsing, function/tool calling, and multi-step reasoning chains.
• Build robust agentic workflows using frameworks such as LlamaIndex or LangChain, including event-driven multi-step pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and autonomous task execution.
• Design and implement asynchronous background task systems for long-running AI workloads, including worker orchestration, task queuing, and progress tracking against PostgreSQL backends. Develop RESTful APIs to expose AI capabilities to frontend applications and downstream services.
• Integrate ML models and AI services into enterprise applications, including embedding models, similarity search, and document understanding pipelines. Build document processing pipelines to extract and transform unstructured data (DOCX, PDF, VTT, JSON) into structured inputs for LLM consumption.
• Design and manage PostgreSQL schemas supporting complex AI workflows, including versioned data, audit trails, and session state management.
• Deploy and manage AI applications on OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) using Docker, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and security.
• Implement enterprise security patterns including OAuth 2.0 token management, SSL certificate handling, and secure credential management for LLM API integrations.
• Apply prompt safety techniques and output validation strategies to ensure responsible and reliable AI behavior in production.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have:

• 2–4 years of hands-on Python development experience, with strong proficiency in Django and Django REST Framework
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying LLM-integrated applications using APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or AWS Bedrock
• Solid understanding of prompt engineering, tool/function calling, structured output generation, and multi-turn conversational AI patterns
• Experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LlamaIndex or LangChain, including workflow orchestration and RAG pipelines
• Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL, including schema design, raw SQL, and managing complex relational data models, Experience with asynchronous Python programming (asyncio, sync_to_async) and background task processing, Familiarity with RESTful API design, including building and consuming APIs with proper error handling and versioning
• Experience containerizing and deploying applications using Docker and OpenShift or Kubernetes, Knowledge of security protocols relevant to AI integrations: OAuth 2.0, API key management, and secrets handling best practices

Nice -to-have:

• Experience with document processing libraries (python-docx, pdfplumber, PyPDF2) and unstructured data extraction
• Exposure to vector databases or semantic search for embedding-based retrieval
• Experience with ML model evaluation, confidence scoring, or output quality validation
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and DevSecOps practices
• Exposure to enterprise audit, risk, or finance domain workflows

What’s in it for you?

• Impactful work: Build meaningful, high-impact AI products used by enterprise audit and risk teams
• Growth & mentorship: Leaders who support your development through coaching and expanding opportunities
• Lasting impact: Ability to make a real difference through state-of-the-art AI engineering
• Great team: Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing environment
• Work-life balance: Flexible work/life balance options
• Challenging problems: Opportunities to tackle genuinely hard technical problems at the frontier of enterprise AI
• Career progression: Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities as the AI platform scales

Job Skills

Agentic AI, Agile Methodology, AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Python (Programming Language), React.js, Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)

Additional Job Details

Address: 120 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

City: Bedford

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-07-03

Application Deadline: 2026-08-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

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