Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Loblaw Companies Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major retail corporation in Toronto is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to develop and deploy advanced AI applications using cutting-edge technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building scalable ML products and experience with GCP tools. This full-time position involves mentoring colleagues and championing best practices within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable ML products.
• Proficiency in software engineering with proven experience in deploying ML solutions.
• Experience using GCP tools in ML workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship components within an Agentic AI system.
• Develop high-performance ML models using structured/unstructured datasets.
• Mentor other machine learning developers.

Skills

Machine Learning algorithms

Python programming

SQL

MLOps

NLP

Cloud tools (GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Cloud Storage)

Job description

Why is this role important?

What you’ll do

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our team, focusing on the development, deployment and testing of advanced AI systems and sophisticated search agents. This role involves leveraging ML and cutting‑edge Large Language Models (LLMs) for building robust, scalable AI applications in the Retail vertical, as well as mentoring other ML developers.

Who You Are

• Design, build and ship multiple components within an Agentic AI system utilizing state of the art technologies to solve business problems.
• Develop high-performance enterprise-level Machine Learning models and AI agents using Python programming, leveraging massive structured and unstructured datasets and APIs from various internal and external sources.
• Champion and lead best practices for MLE and LLMOp.
• Collaborate with front end and back end engineering teams to build and deploy ML models and agentic components in production.
• Take ownership of system components, mentor other machine learning developers, and contribute to raising the technical bar within the team.
• Document and share results and findings with stakeholders in a structured manner and drive technical discussions cross functionally.

Does This Sound Like You?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field alongside a strong foundation in ML algorithms, ML pipelines, and transformations, with 5+ years of hands‑on experience building scalable ML products.
• Software engineering proficiency in Python, SQL, and Design Patterns, with proven experience building and deploying ML solutions in microservices architecture in production.
• 2+ years experience using GCP tools in ML workflows like Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Composer and Cloud Storage.
• Proven experience in LangChain ecosystem or other Agentic frameworks, NLP, LLMs, RAGs and embedding models.
• Skilled in ML workflow automation/deployment and MLOps for seamless integration and deployment, and have supported ML products in production environments.
• Committed to code quality at every stage of the ML lifecycle, with a strong mindset in testing methodologies (unit, integration, end‑to‑end) and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

How You’ll Succeed

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Apply today.

Employment Type

Full time

Type of Role

Regular

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.