Staff AI Engineer - Agentic Systems Lead

MasterClass; Toronto, Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Flexible PTO

Job summary

A leading online learning platform is seeking a Staff ML Engineer to join their AI engineering team. In this role, you will design and build innovative AI systems that enhance consumer learning products, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay updated on the latest AI research. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly with large language models, and a track record of shipping AI products. The position offers a competitive salary range of CAD $171,000 - $225,000, along with full benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on building products with large language models.
• Demonstrated experience shipping consumer-facing AI products that use agentic patterns.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including system and API design.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agentic AI systems for consumer learning products.
• Select and integrate foundation models based on product requirements.
• Build evaluation frameworks to ensure AI product quality at scale.

Skills

Software engineering

Collaboration skills

AI product development

Python programming

Education

7+ years of software engineering experience

Experience with large language models

Tools

Foundation models knowledge

API design skills

Job description

A leading online learning platform is seeking a Staff ML Engineer to join their AI engineering team. In this role, you will design and build innovative AI systems that enhance consumer learning products, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay updated on the latest AI research. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly with large language models, and a track record of shipping AI products. The position offers a competitive salary range of CAD $171,000 - $225,000, along with full benefits.