Lead AI Agent Engineer

TEEMA; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI technology is seeking a Lead AI Agent Engineer to design and implement advanced AI agents. This role involves training LLMs, collaborating with teams, and leading engineering efforts to deploy AI solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in AI/ML development and a strong proficiency in Python and related frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML development.
• Experience building and deploying AI models as microservices.
• Strong knowledge of LLMs and lightweight model optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI agents for various environments.
• Train and fine-tune models for specific agent behavior.
• Lead a small team in building and testing workflows.

Skills

AI/ML development

Python

Docker

REST APIs

gRPC

Tools

TorchServe

TensorFlow Serving

ONNX

Triton

Job description

Job Title:Lead AI Agent Engineer
Job ID: 80097
Location:Vancouver, British Columbia

What you must have:

• Design and implement AI agents that perform contextual tasks in end devices, cloud, and hybrid environments.

• Train and fine-tune LLMs, SLMs, and multimodal models as needed to support specific agent behavior.

• Architect modular and lightweight AI components that can run locally as microservices.

• Collaborate with product and platform teams to define agent capabilities and deployment constraints.

• Define and prototype AI Chains or other orchestration patterns for chained or cooperative agents.

• Build APIs and interfaces for integrating agents with upstream applications and downstream sensors/devices.

• Lead a small team of engineers building, deploying, and testing agentic workflows across devices.

• Stay ahead of the curve on advances in generative AI, reinforcement learning, autonomous agents, and on-device inference techniques.

What you must have:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML development, with focus on real-world product deployment.

• Experience building and deploying AI models as microservices using frameworks like TorchServe, TensorFlow Serving, ONNX, Triton, etc.

• Strong knowledge of LLMs, language agents, vision models, and lightweight model optimization (e.g., quantization, pruning, distillation).

• Proficiency in Python, with experience in libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, or similar.

• Familiarity with Docker, REST APIs, gRPC, and working knowledge of Kubernetes or edge orchestration tools.

• Strong understanding of contextual AI, agent architectures, or AI systems design.

• Ability to mentor junior team members and contribute to team growth and technical standards.

Salary/Rate Range: $110,000.00 – $120,000.00

For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website atwww.teemagroup.com