Responsibilities
- Create and maintain AI governance artifacts, standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technical whitepapers.
- Manage CALM standard evolution and alignment with AI platforms including Athena, Nova, and Atlas.
- Define and evolve the AI Technical Reference Model, capability catalog, and license-to-build criteria.
- Support the AI Architecture Review Board by preparing materials, reviewing submissions, and providing architectural opinions.
- Represent AI Architecture in broader Technology Infrastructure and Security governance forums.
- Track agent adherence to standards and patterns and report compliance and non-compliance.
- Review solution designs with engineering teams and provide architectural guidance.
- Deliver insights on AI asset catalogs, capability coverage, compliance metrics, and adoption trends.
- Modernize the SafeAI process and integrate it with AI platform governance.
- Publish Architecture Decision Records and coordinate cross-pillar architecture decisions.
- Build tools, agents, MCPs, visualizers, and automation for architecture governance and compliance insights.
- Translate business and technical problems into implementable designs and contribute hands-on development.
- Research emerging AI technologies, evaluate vendors, drive proofs of concept, and partner with business, security, enterprise architecture, and engineering teams.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of AI technologies including LLMs, agents, RAG, agentic systems, and AI infrastructure.
- Hands-on coding ability and comfort building tools, automations, and prototypes.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, API design, and modern development practices.
- Ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable systems and translate abstract requirements into implementable designs.
- Experience creating technical standards, patterns, or reference architectures.
- Understanding of compliance frameworks and how to operationalize governance at scale.
- Comfort working with Architecture Review Boards or similar governance bodies.
- Ability to context-switch between strategic standards work and tactical tool building in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across enterprise architecture, security, engineering, governance, and business teams.
- Interest in AI governance, responsible AI adoption, emerging AI trends, and production-ready enterprise technology.
Benefits
- Dynamic and flexible working environment with a collaborative, development-oriented team.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, with competitive compensation, commissions, and stock options where applicable.
- Leadership support through coaching and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to make a lasting impact at local-to-global scale.
- Full-time, regular salaried position based in Toronto, Canada, with 37.5 work hours per week.
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About RBC
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