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Staff AI Engineer

Safe SoftwareCanada Wide - Excluding QuebecCorporate
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Salary
CA$147K – CA$167K
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
17 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Safe Software is hiring a full-time remote Staff AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade artificial intelligence systems across the business. This hands-on position suits an experienced technologist with a strong background in software development and machine learning who wants to shape enterprise AI architectures.

Role Overview

Safe Software is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to own the complete lifecycle of artificial intelligence applications. Working within the AI Enablement department, this role focuses on creating shared capabilities, engineering standards, and robust platforms that help various departments adopt artificial intelligence effectively and securely. The professional in this position will handle everything from data preparation and model training to deployment, evaluation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, evaluate, deploy, and operate end-to-end artificial intelligence and machine learning systems in production environments.
Architect multi-agent and agentic systems, incorporating orchestration, task routing, shared state, tool use, and failure recovery.
Create enterprise knowledge and retrieval platforms across structured and unstructured data using embeddings, hybrid search, and access-controlled retrieval.
Integrate advanced solutions with enterprise APIs, databases, applications, and governed tools.
Establish automated testing, observability, and evaluation protocols to mitigate hallucination risks, monitor latency, and track model quality.
Design secure systems using least-privilege access, auditability, and protection against prompt injection or data leakage.
Provide cross-functional technical mentorship, lead design reviews, and establish reusable libraries and engineering standards.
Evaluate emerging large language models and frameworks to make evidence-based adoption recommendations.

Requirements

Eight or more years of total experience across software engineering and artificial intelligence or machine learning.
Three or more years of dedicated experience building and operating production-grade artificial intelligence systems at scale.
Strong software engineering foundation, particularly using Python or comparable backend technologies.
Practical experience developing, fine-tuning, evaluating, deploying, and monitoring machine learning models.
Applied enterprise experience in use cases like chatbots, retrieval-augmented generation, intelligent document processing, or workflow automation.
Solid understanding of generative artificial intelligence, large language models, retrieval systems, and agent-based architectures.
Experience with production data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, application security, and system reliability.

Nice to Have

Experience with workflow and agent orchestration tools such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
Working knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and reranking.
Familiarity with platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, Amazon Bedrock, or Azure AI.
Exposure to Model Context Protocol, agent-to-agent communication, self-hosted open-weight models, and hybrid architectures.

Skills and Tools

Python
Azure
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
Snowflake
Machine Learning & Generative AI Systems
Enterprise Data Pipelines & APIs

Salary and Benefits

Annual base salary ranging from $147,000 to $167,000 CAD.
Flexible and remote-friendly working arrangements across Canada, excluding Quebec.
Comprehensive extended health, dental, and counseling benefits starting on day one with no waiting period.
Bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP or TFSA matching programs.
Three weeks of vacation plus an additional six paid seasonal days off per year.
Parental leave top-up program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
Annual learning budget and employer-paid training programs.
Paid time off to volunteer for company-organized community initiatives.

About the Company

Safe Software is the creator of FME, an all-data, any-ai enterprise integration platform designed to connect data anywhere at any velocity. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Surrey, BC, the organization features over 300 team members supporting more than 25,000 enterprise customers across 125 countries. Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Safe Software careers page to submit an application.

Skills and tech stack

PythonLLMsRAGAzureMachine LearningFine-tuningGenerative AI

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary range for the Staff AI Engineer role?

The annual salary for this position ranges from $147,000 to $167,000 CAD.

Is this position remote?

Yes, this is a remote position available Canada wide, excluding the province of Quebec.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have at least 8 years of total experience across software engineering and AI/ML, including a minimum of 3 years building and operating production AI/ML systems at scale.

What core technical skills are needed?

Key skills include Python, Azure, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Snowflake, and the ability to build end-to-end production AI and machine learning systems.

What benefits are provided from day one?

Employees receive extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits starting on day one with no waiting period.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Safe Software careers page.

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