Senior Full Stack Engineer- AI/ML

Nomad; Toronto; On-site; CAD 166,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Growth opportunities

Team outings and social events

Excellent medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

Nomad is building the financial operating system for fleets, delivering fuel cards, real-time processing, invoicing, and working-capital finance. We are a small, fast-moving team that cares deeply about getting the numbers right, with AI-powered features that are production-ready.

Senior Full Stack Engineer applicants should bring 5-7+ years of experience, React/TypeScript/Node.js, GCP, and hands-on AI/ML work.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building REST APIs and backend services.
• Experience with GCP or similar cloud environment.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and production deployments.
• Hands-on AI/ML capabilities in production apps.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable full-stack apps.
• Build REST APIs and backend services, frontend UX.
• Architect cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Own features end-to-end from design to production.
• Review code and guide team on technical issues.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and security practices.

Skills

Full stack engineering

AI/ML integration

Cloud architecture (GCP)

Security best practices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node.js

GCP

Python

LLMs integration

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Nomad is building the financial operating system for fleets: fuel cards, real-time transaction processing, invoicing, and working-capital finance, increasingly automated by production AI. We are a small, fast-moving team that cares deeply about doing right by our customers, which in our business means getting the numbers exactly right, every time.

About You

You are a passionate and resourceful Senior Full Stack Engineer with strong experience building scalable, secure applications across the front-end and back-end. You are experienced with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and cloud technologies, and have hands‑on experience applying LLMs, machine learning, or data science to real-world products.

You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership of features from design through production, and solving complex technical problems. You care about code quality, security, reliability, and building AI-powered experiences that are practical and production-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable applications using Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
• Build and maintain REST APIs, backend services, and user-facing applications.
• Architect and implement cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Own features end-to-end, from technical design and development through testing, deployment, and production support.
• Review code, troubleshoot production issues, and provide technical guidance to team members.

AI, LLM & Data

• Build and integrate AI/ML-powered features into Nomad's products and workflows.
• Develop applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or similar platforms.
• Work with technologies and approaches such as RAG, embeddings, vector search, AI agents, prompt engineering, and LLM APIs.
• Apply machine learning and data science concepts to solve product and business problems.
• Work with structured and unstructured data and support data-driven product development.
• Evaluate and improve the accuracy, reliability, performance, and cost of AI-powered applications.
• Implement security best practices across the application and AI/ML stack.
• Manage authentication, authorization, secrets, and customer data securely.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and follow established code review and change management practices.
• Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, and production support processes.
• Maintain technical documentation and support SOC 2 and other compliance requirements.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Full Stack

• 5-7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and supporting production applications.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, testing, and development practices.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or a comparable cloud environment.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, code reviews, and production deployments.

AI / ML / Data

• Hands‑on experience building or integrating AI/ML capabilities into production applications.
• Practical experience with LLMs and Generative AI.
• Experience with one or more of RAG, embeddings, vector databases, AI agents, prompt engineering, or LLM APIs.
• Experience with Python for AI/ML, data processing, analytics, or backend development.
• Strong understanding of machine learning and/or data science concepts and their practical application.
• Experience working with structured and/or unstructured data.
• Ability to integrate AI/ML capabilities into full-stack applications.

Security & Cloud

• Strong understanding of web application and API security, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, CORS, and common application vulnerabilities.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, monitoring, logging, and deployment.
• Familiarity with secure SDLC and production security practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar AI frameworks.
• Experience with Pinecone, pgvector, Weaviate, Vertex AI Vector Search, or similar vector databases.
• Experience with scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar ML frameworks.
• Experience with Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or similar AI platforms.
• Experience building AI agents or agentic workflows.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or microservices.
• Experience in SaaS, fintech, financial services, payments, transportation, or other data-intensive environments.
• Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation of $120,000- 140,000 based on experience and qualifications.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• Team outings and social events.
• Excellent extended medical, dental, and vision benefits plan.

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