Engineering Team Lead, AI Platform in Canada Creek, Nova Scotia at Jobgether

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for an Engineering Team Lead, AI Platform in Canada.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to shape the future of AI integration within a fast-growing technology environment. In this role, you will lead the development of the foundational AI platform that powers intelligent product experiences across the organization. You will work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to define scalable AI architecture, integration strategies, and developer standards that will influence the company’s technology direction for years to come. The position combines hands-on technical leadership with team mentorship, offering a high level of ownership and strategic impact. Ideal candidates are passionate about building production-ready AI systems and thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments where innovation and collaboration are highly valued. This role also provides the opportunity to work with modern AI tooling, scalable backend systems, and cutting-edge platform infrastructure while helping drive meaningful business outcomes.

• Lead and grow a team of platform engineers by setting technical direction, conducting code reviews, mentoring team members, and fostering engineering excellence.
• Design and develop the application-layer AI platform, including core abstractions, integration patterns, agent frameworks, and reusable architecture that product teams can leverage across the organization.
• Define and oversee the strategy for integrating AI services and third-party systems, ensuring scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
• Build and maintain data pipelines supporting AI capabilities, including embeddings, retrieval systems, vector search infrastructure, and structured data workflows.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices related to AI development, platform reliability, observability, performance, and developer experience.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership to shape the AI roadmap, evaluate emerging technologies, and guide technical decision-making across teams.
• Drive architectural consistency across a growing codebase while balancing scalability, innovation, and long-term maintainability.

• 7+ years of software development experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership or engineering management role.
• Proven hands-on experience delivering production-grade AI systems, including AI-powered features, agents, integrations, or large-scale intelligent applications.
• Strong expertise with LLM APIs and AI frameworks such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, LangChain, or similar technologies.
• Experience building evaluation pipelines, benchmarking systems, and quality assurance processes for AI-powered applications.
• Deep understanding of integration architecture and designing extensible, reliable connectors for third-party services and APIs.
• Solid backend engineering experience with scalable distributed systems; full-stack knowledge is considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with AI data infrastructure, including RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines.
• Experience with PHP/Laravel is beneficial, though candidates with strong platform engineering backgrounds and adaptability are encouraged to apply.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in high-growth or startup environments with evolving priorities and ambiguity.
• Strong sense of ownership, strategic thinking, mentorship ability, and passion for building impactful AI-driven solutions.

• Competitive salary package ranging from CAD $170,000 to $190,000, based on experience and impact.
• Remote-first work environment with flexible time-off policies.
• Mandatory paid time off during the first week of employment to support onboarding and well-being.
• Additional monthly wellness day (“Laundry Day”) and company-wide holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Year.
• Comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, with employer-paid premiums in Canada.
• RRSP/401k matching program.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Annual company retreat and team-building experiences.
• Learning and development support to encourage continuous career growth.
• Home office setup stipend plus internet and phone allowances.
• Weekly Friday pay schedule.