Senior AI Platform Engineer (MLOps)

Akkodis; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis is partnered with a leading institutional investment and pension organization to secure a Senior AI Platform Engineer (MLOps). This hybrid Toronto-based role focuses on building, governing, and operating enterprise AI platforms at scale.

Collaboration with governance, security, EA, and AI Centres of Excellence is key as you translate requirements into automated controls and deployment standards. Ideal candidates will have deep MLOps, cloud engineering, and Python development experience,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in MLOps or related disciplines for seniority.
• Experience operationalizing ML models in production at scale.
• Strong CI/CD, automation, testing, and software engineering basics.
• Familiarity with Databricks, MLflow or equivalent platforms.
• Hands-on with Terraform and deployment automation.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Ability to work with Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Excellent communication to both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise MLOps and LLMOps capabilities.
• Automate model deployment, monitoring, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Create CI/CD pipelines and IaC for AI environments.
• Implement model governance, approval workflows, and controls.
• Support responsible AI and governance through technical controls.
• Maintain model tracking, lineage, experiments, and reproducibility.
• Enhance MLflow, Databricks and evaluation frameworks on the platform.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, EA, and AI Governance teams.
• Develop deployment patterns for ML, RAG, and generative AI.
• Troubleshoot platform, deployment and operational issues; document procedures.
• Provide guidance to teams adopting enterprise AI capabilities.

Skills

MLOps

Machine Learning Engineering

AI Platform Engineering

Cloud Engineering

Python development

CI/CD

Automation

Observability

Communication skills

Distributed systems

Independent work

Tools

Databricks

MLflow

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/Google)

Job description

Duration: 12-Month Contract (Potential Extension)

Work Model: Hybrid (Downtown Toronto - 3 days in office)

Engagement Model: Professional Services Engagement – B2B (Incorporated Consultants Preferred)

About the Engagement

Akkodis is partnering with a leading institutional investment and pension organization to engage an experienced Senior AI Platform Engineer (MLOps) to support the ongoing growth and operationalization of enterprise AI capabilities.

This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role focused on building, deploying, governing, and operating machine learning and AI platforms at enterprise scale. The successful candidate will work closely with AI Governance, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Platform Engineering, and AI Centre of Excellence teams to implement responsible AI controls, operationalize machine learning models, and establish scalable AI deployment standards.

While the role supports AI governance and responsible AI initiatives, the primary focus is technical implementation. The client is seeking a strong engineering professional with deep MLOps, machine learning operationalization, cloud engineering, and Python development experience who can translate governance requirements into automated controls, deployment processes, and platform capabilities.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building enterprise-grade AI capabilities, and working across infrastructure, machine learning, security, and platform engineering domains.

Services to be Provided

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise MLOps and LLMOps capabilities supporting AI and machine learning solutions
• Develop and automate model deployment, monitoring, evaluation, governance, and lifecycle management processes
• Build CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code solutions supporting AI and machine learning environments
• Implement model governance, auditability, approval workflows, and operational controls within production AI platforms
• Support implementation of responsible AI and AI governance requirements through technical controls and automation
• Develop and maintain model tracking, lineage, experiment management, and reproducibility capabilities
• Implement and enhance MLflow, Databricks, evaluation frameworks, and related platform services
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, and AI Governance teams to operationalize enterprise requirements
• Build and support AI deployment patterns for machine learning, RAG, and generative AI solutions
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve platform, deployment, performance, and operational issues
• Create technical documentation, implementation standards, operational procedures, and support guides
• Support platform reliability, observability, monitoring, incident management, and recovery processes
• Implement cloud cost monitoring, optimization, and consumption management practices
• Provide technical guidance and enablement to teams adopting enterprise AI capabilities
• Communicate technical solutions and implementation outcomes to both technical and senior business stakeholders
• 5+ years of experience in MLOps, Machine Learning Engineering, AI Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related technical disciplines
• Proven experience operationalizing machine learning models in enterprise production environments
• Experience designing and supporting model lifecycle management, deployment, monitoring, and governance processes
• Strong understanding of MLOps best practices, CI/CD, automation, testing, and software engineering principles
• Experience with Databricks, MLflow, or comparable machine learning platform technologies
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code methodologies and tooling
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and modern deployment automation practices
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD technologies
• Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems and production environments
• Strong understanding of machine learning model operationalization, evaluation, and observability
• Experience implementing secure deployment and access control patterns within cloud or AI environments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to operate independently and deliver within fast-paced and evolving environments

Important

This is a business-to-business engagement. Candidates must represent an incorporated entity, hold a valid business number, maintain appropriate insurance, and invoice for services rendered.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be contacted for further discussions.

Accessibility

At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.