Senior AI Engineer

Getunblocked; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a high-growth SaaS company as a Senior AI Engineer, where you'll leverage your expertise in machine learning and data engineering. This role involves designing and building scalable data pipelines and ML services optimized for AI workflows. You'll work closely with a passionate team, shaping the product roadmap and implementing solutions that enhance user experience. With a culture that values collaboration and innovation, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic environment. If you're driven, creative, and eager to tackle challenges, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Equity in the company

Generous medical and dental benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Choice of Apple hardware

Opportunities for personal growth

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on ML and data pipelines.
• Demonstrated leadership in project delivery and collaboration with teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable data pipelines and ML services for AI workflows.
• Collaborate with teams to define product roadmaps and deliver customer-focused solutions.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Engineering

AWS

NLP

OpenAI Models

Cloud Platforms (Azure, GCP)

Collaboration with DevOps

Data Pipeline Development

Job description

As a Senior AI Engineer working at Unblocked, you will be at the intersection of backend engineering and machine learning, responsible for designing and building scalable data pipelines and ML services optimized for AI workflows.

About Unblocked

Unblocked is a high-growth, well-funded SaaS company that helps answer questions software development teams have about their applications. This allows them to spend less time in meetings/dealing with interruptions and more time writing code.

We are a small team with track record of building developer tools that solve real problems. We encourage participation in the entire product development process, and you will have the opportunity to help define Unblocked and shape its roadmap, implement the solutions that deliver the experience customers love, and get firsthand feedback from the teams who use what we have built.

About You

You’ve gained extensive experience as a software engineer with a track record of building and shipping products that customers love. You’ve built pipelines and/or services that solve real customer problems, and have been eagerly researching, experimenting and ideally using emergent ML technologies.

Requirements

• Based in Vancouver, British Columbia (and be in the office 4 days a week).
• Demonstrated leadership of fellow team members in the delivery of a project.
• Experience building composable Cloud Based Data Platforms in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience collaborating with DevOps teams.
• Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured data.
• Experience with NLP for text classification, sentiment analysis, or entity recognition.
• Hands on experience with the latest OpenAI, Anthropic, or open source LLM models.
• Understanding of common LLM patterns, such as RAG, routing, chaining and tool calling.
• Experience optimizing ML services using evals and fine-tuning.
• Continual awareness of the latest AI developments, trends, and best practices.

Culturally, we're looking for people who are:

• Driven to get things done: Anxious to design, build, and ship solutions on aggressive timelines; Willing to take pen to paper and write/sketch ideas, concepts, interactions; We are looking for makers, doers, creators!
• Able to play well with others: Comfortable in collaborative work environments; Solid communication skills; Great presenter, but even a better listener; Humble enough to actively solicit and incorporate feedback.
• A passionate, tireless, selfless advocate for the end-user: Unwavering in your desire to provide the best experience; Must be an effective champion for the interests of the customer.
• Different: Unique skill sets, methodologies, working styles, and ideas; Able to up-level an already strong team; Inspire the broader team with your expertise; Willingness to work outside your comfort zone and learn from others.
• An ambitious malcontent: Dissatisfied with the status quo in the world around you; Constantly aware of the potential for improvement with a keen desire to help technology play a more meaningful role in people's lives.

What's in it for you?

• Equity in the company for eligible candidates, offering the opportunity to share in our long-term success and growth.
• Generous medical and dental benefits.
• A very flexible vacation policy.
• Your choice of Apple hardware to get you started.
• Personal growth. We're a small company where there's no shortage of different projects to work on.