Senior AI Engineer

ShyftLabs is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and ship AI-powered features directly into production systems. The ideal candidate combines deep AI/ML engineering experience with strong backend development skills.

Requirements

• Architect and implement AI-powered features end-to-end
• Integrate LLM APIs, ML models, and intelligent automation pipelines into scalable, production-grade backend systems
• Fine-tune and optimize models for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency in live environments
• Design and build robust APIs, event-driven services, and third-party integrations that support AI-enabled workflows
• Collaborate with Product to translate business requirements into technical AI solutions
• Build and maintain data pipelines and MLOps workflows to support model deployment and lifecycle management
• Contribute to system architecture decisions, integration patterns, and reusable AI frameworks across the platform
• Partner with data scientists and engineers to ensure smooth, scalable model deployments
• Produce clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, data flows, API specs, and AI integration patterns
• Lead code reviews, enforce best practices in code quality and testing, and mentor engineers across teams
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed and AI-integrated systems
• Stay ahead of industry trends in AI/ML tooling, frameworks, and practices

Benefits

• Hybrid Flexibility
• Downtown Toronto Office
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Growth & Learning
• Inclusion at ShyftLabs