Senior Applied AI Engineer
Nesto Group23 days ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead major AI features and projects end-to-end while clearly communicating technical trade-offs.
- Design and optimize agentic AI workflows combining deterministic rules, LLM perception, embedding search, and structured output extraction.
- Build and own golden-set, offline, and online evaluation pipelines with regression tracking.
- Shape architecture for the AI agent platform and uphold technical standards through code reviews and collaborative problem-solving.
- Use AI tooling and agent harnesses to accelerate code development and delivery.
- Mentor peers and collaborate with cross-functional teammates to meet delivery timelines.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong backend and API skills.
- Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with LLMs, ideally in production, including prompting, RAG, or structured extraction.
- Background in data science, data analysis, or statistics.
- Experience implementing, monitoring, and evaluating models across the full lifecycle.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals, including testing, design patterns, and agile practices.
- Comfort with AI-assisted development tooling and agent-based workflows.
- Experience leading projects or serving in a technical lead role.
- Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, or document intelligence pipelines is a plus.
- Experience managing production AI trade-offs such as cost and latency is a plus.
- Experience in regulated domains such as OSFI E-23 compliance is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote-first work anywhere in Canada, with flexibility to work from home or from any Nesto office nationwide.
- Competitive compensation, performance incentives where applicable, and recognition programs.
- Medical, dental, vision, health and wellness spending accounts where applicable, telemedicine, employee assistance programs, and mental health support.
- Four weeks of vacation, floater days, and statutory holidays.
- RRSP matching.
- Enhanced maternity and parental leave top-up programs.
- Education assistance, mentorship, training, and career development opportunities.
- Modern technology, collaborative teams, and resources for professional success.
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About Nesto Group
Nesto Group operates hypermarkets and supermarkets across the Gulf Cooperation Council, selling groceries, household goods, electronics, and apparel to retail consumers. The privately held retailer earns revenue from in-store and e-commerce sales and runs 100+ outlets across the GCC. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Al Tawuun, Sharjah, it targets the region’s multi-ethnic communities with a broad mix of international and locally sourced products.