Lead AI Engineer

Crisis24 Group; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisis24 Group is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to drive the AI pipeline, combining unstructured and structured data to identify emerging risks. You will lead a team of data scientists, shape the data science roadmap, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.

You will ensure model quality, accuracy, and interpretability while advancing NLP, geospatial analysis, and event detection in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (CS, stats, math, engineering, data science)
• 6+ years in data science/ML with leadership experience
• Expertise in statistical modeling, ML, deep learning, data/text mining, Gen AI prompting
• Proficient in Python and SQL; experienced with large-scale, real-time data
• Skilled in AWS and MLOps for deployment/monitoring
• Proven production-grade ML systems experience
• Strong data visualization knowledge
• Commitment to data privacy and ethics

Responsibilities

• Manage LLM production in AWS Bedrock and OpenAI, including deployment and monitoring
• Perform hands-on coding and development
• Mentor data scientists and enforce best practices
• Translate business goals into model KPIs and measurable impact
• Plan data science roadmaps and define analytics strategy
• Collaborate with leadership and product teams on data opportunities
• Lead end-to-end data science projects from design to deployment
• Present insights to technical and non-technical audiences
• Drive innovation in NLP, geospatial analysis, and event detection
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethics standards
• Integrate LLM solutions into enterprise workflows with reliability

Skills

Python

SQL

ML

Gen AI prompting

NLP

Data visualization

AWS

MLOps

Education

Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science / Statistics / Mathematics / Engineering / Data Science

Tools

AWS Bedrock

OpenAI

Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud ML platforms

Job description

About Crisis24

Crisis24 is a global, AI-enhanced provider of travel risk management, mass communications, critical event management, crisis-security consulting, personal protection solutions and global medical concierge capabilities, allowing prominent organizations, disruptive brands and influential people to operate with confidence in an uncertain world. At Crisis24, we go beyond mere employment; we pave the way to a realm where your skills become instrumental in shaping global security, guiding clients through a multifaceted and challenging landscape. Your journey with us will be deeply fulfilling, driven by a powerful sense of purpose and accomplishment. Within our thriving environment, you'll discover abundant chances for both personal and career advancement. Seize this moment to push your limits, broaden your expertise, and elevate your professional journey to unprecedented levels. Join the Crisis24 team today and be a part of something extraordinary where growth and impact converge.

As a Lead AI Engineer in our AI pipeline team, you will build pipeline that identifies and alerts customers to emerging risks. This role focuses on designing and deploying advanced data pipelines that combine unstructured data with structured data. You will maintain and enhance models that detect and highlight potential risks, enabling proactive decision-making for our customers.

As the Lead AI Engineer, you will set the vision for our data science initiatives, lead a team of data scientists, and collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to build scalable, high-impact solutions. You will ensure the quality, accuracy, and interpretability of our risk detection models while driving innovation in natural language processing, geospatial analysis, and event detection in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

What You Will Work On

• Manage LLM production in AWS Bedrock and OpenAI, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and cost optimization.
• Perform hands-on coding and development work.
• Mentor data scientists, review code, and enforce best practices.
• Translate business goals into model KPIs and measurable impact.
• Prioritize resources and plan data science roadmaps.
• Define strategy for analytics and data science initiatives.
• Collaborate with leadership and product teams on data-driven opportunities.
• Lead end-to-end data science projects from design to deployment.
• Present insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Drive innovation and process improvement through data science.
• Design andvalidate analytical models using diverse tools.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical standards.
• Integrate LLM solutions into enterprise workflows with reliability and security.

What You Will Bring

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• 6+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics, with a proven track record of successful project delivery and leadership.
• Expertise in statistical modeling, ML, deep learning, data/text mining, and Gen AI prompting.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; experienced with large-scale, real-time data.
• Skilled in AWS and MLOps tools for model deployment and monitoring.
• Proven experience building and deploying production-grade ML systems.
• Strong knowledge of data visualization tools and methods.
• Excellent critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Committed to ethical data science and data privacy regulations.

Other Skills:

• Expertise inadvanced NLP and text analytics, including entity recognition, event detection, and multilingual modeling.
• Experience with information retrieval and web data mining,leveraging large-scale scraping, search relevance, and vector databases.
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs and relationship modeling to enhance risk intelligence and entity linkage.
• Strong understanding ofMLOps and scalable ML systems using tools like Airflow, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud ML platforms.
• Proven leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor teams and translate analytical outputs into business insights.

Information Security

Protect the data and systems of Crisis24 and its stakeholders by adhering to policies, reporting incidents and potential problems, completing regular training, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Crisis24, A GardaWorld Company is dedicated to equal opportunity in employment. We are committed to a work environment that celebrates diversity. We do not discriminate against any individual based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any factors protected by applicable laws.