Machine Learning Engineer II

White Spot; Canada; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution is looking for a dedicated AI/ML professional to join their team in Toronto. The ideal candidate will develop and deploy machine learning models and contribute to the cutting-edge AI research in a collaborative environment. This role involves working with large datasets and requires a strong technical background in machine learning and programming.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Mentorship programs

Competitive benefits plan

Qualifications

• 2+ years of programming experience and 1+ year in building machine learning production systems.
• Strong experience with cloud AI/ML services and tools.
• Expertise in automated model deployment and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop traditional and Gen AI machine learning systems.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for model deployment.
• Collaborate with scientists and stakeholders to implement AI solutions.

Skills

Applied Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Large Language Models

Programming in Python

Cloud Services (Azure/AWS)

Data Analysis

MLOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Education

BSc+ in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or similar

Tools

PySpark

PyTorch

Kubernetes

Databricks

Job description

Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Analytics, Insights, & Artificial Intelligence

Pay Details:
$150,000 - $190,000 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Layer 6 is the AI research centre of excellence for TD Bank Group. We develop and deploy industry-leading machine learning systems that impact the lives of over 27 million customers, helping more people achieve their financial goals and needs.

Our research broadly spans the field of machine learning with areas such as deep learning and generative AI, time series forecasting and responsible use of AI. We have access to massive financial datasets and actively collaborate with world renowned academic faculty.

We are always looking for people driven to be at the cutting edge of machine learning in research, engineering, and impactful applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Traditional ML: Develop and deploy batch and real-time model inference pipelines to production, perform end-to-end integration testing.
• Gen AI: Develop and deploy scalable production Gen AI systems for Gen AI models.
• Mode Serving Framework: Develop in house model serving framework or integrate open-source model serving framework with enterprise data platform.
• ML System Design: Architect scalable machine learning and Gen AI systems that integrate with existing data platform and infrastructure, focusing on automation, operation efficiency, and reliability.
• Data Analysis & Processing: Perform data analysis, data preprocessing, and feature engineering on complex and large datasets for machine learning models.
• Model Deployment & Monitoring: Build and deploy model inference pipeline, ground truth pipeline, model monitoring pipeline to production environment. Continuously monitor production model performance and system performance
• Automation: Build CI/CD pipelines to automate model deployment, model deployment validation, model performance monitoring, and model retraining.
• Research: Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI/ML technologies and apply them to improve existing ML systems or develop new systems and solutions.

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical expertise with a focus on efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security; includes planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, operationalizing, and supporting solutions in compliance with enterprise and industry standards.
• Collaboration: Work with machine learning scientists, product owners, data platform team and business partners to gather use case requirements and implement technical solutions for production AI/ML models.

Job Requirements:

Required Technical Qualifications:

• BSc+ in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or similar
• 2+ years of extensive programming experience, 1+ year experience of building machine learning production system
• Solid knowledge of applied Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Large Language Models
• Experience with developing MLOps CI/CD pipelines for deploying AI/ML models
• Solid cloud experience with Azure or AWS and cloud AI/ML services such as Databricks, Kubernetes, docker and container orchestration, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory
• Strong experience with PySpark for big data processing and PyTorch for deep learning model serving
• Expert coder with Python, Java, or Scala
• Experience with RAG, LLM fine tuning, LLM serving
• Practical expertise in performance tuning, bottleneck problems analysis, and troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of cloud engineering
• Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to take independent action to delivery results.
• Highly developed critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet