Transcontinental Inc.

AI/ML Engineer

Transcontinental Inc.$110K — $125K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
  • 2+ years of experience with GenAI/LLMs.
  • Solid grounding in machine learning and deep learning.
  • Strong Python knowledge.
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs: prompt design, few-shot examples, structured outputs, and evaluating the effect of prompt and model changes.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous business rules into precise, maintainable logic.
  • Strong attention to software design and accountability for deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build machine learning and generative AI components for automation and efficiency.
  • Write clean, maintainable production code for ML and LLM services.
  • Enhance existing AI solutions by implementing changes and improving architecture.
  • Work with large datasets, including promotional product data.
  • Analyze business requirements and configure platform rules accordingly.
  • Resolve conflicts between rules and collaborate with stakeholders to maintain coherence.
  • Design LLM prompts and evaluate model changes systematically.
  • Test output against real data and iterate based on stakeholder feedback.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with performance-based incentives and retirement savings plans with company match.
  • Customizable group benefits including health, dental, life, disability, and travel insurance.
  • Paid time off.
  • Employee perks such as discounts on insurance, wireless plans, travel, and more.
  • Career development opportunities.
  • Dynamic, inclusive work environment that supports growth.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are looking for an AI/ML Engineer to work on building a multi-tenant, AI-driven promotional content platform for our customers.

This is a hybrid position, at our Mississauga offices.

This position is currently open and reflects a new position created to support organizational growth.

The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $125,000 per year, commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity. This range is provided to ensure clarity and promote equitable access to employment opportunities.

Responsibilities

When your actions lead to success:
Engineering
  • Design and build machine learning and generative AI components that integrate with our data platforms and infrastructure, built for automation, reliability, and operational efficiency.
  • Write clean, maintainable production code for our ML and LLM services and keep them straightforward to deploy and scale.
  • Take part in the ongoing development of our existing AI solutions: implementing changes, improving the architecture, and reviewing pull requests.
  • Work with large, real-world datasets, from extensive document collections to promotional product data.
Business rules and configuration
  • Analyze incoming business requirements and translate them into the platform's rules and configurations.
  • Work out data conventions from real feeds when stakeholders cannot fully articulate them.
  • Spot conflicts between rules, propose trade-offs, and work with stakeholders to keep the overall rule system coherent.
  • Configure how content is rendered and laid out so it matches each of the customers style guides and production artwork.
Prompt engineering and LLM quality
  • Design and iterate on LLM prompts and few-shot examples for copywriting, brand extraction, and translation.
  • Evaluate prompt and model changes systematically so quality improvements are measured, not assumed by feel.
  • Maintain the curated reference data that grounds LLM outputs.
Validation and growth
  • Test generated output against real data, review it with content and business stakeholders, and iterate until the results meet the bar.
  • Keep learning: explore new techniques and advanced AI topics with a team that shares knowledge freely.


Qualifications

When your expertise drives us:
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
  • 2+ years of experience with GenAi/LLMs
  • Solid grounding in machine learning and deep learning
  • Strong Python knowledge
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs: prompt design, few-shot examples, structured outputs, and evaluating the effect of prompt and model changes
  • The ability to turn ambiguous business rules into precise, maintainable logic
  • You care about good software design, notice the small details in code and API design, and take pride in building systems that are robust and scale well
  • You hold yourself accountable for what you ship and communicate clearly and with empathy, including with non-technical stakeholders
Preferred qualifications
  • Strong asset: A research background or publication record.
  • Working familiarity with .NET (C#)
  • Hands-on experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, LangGraph, or a comparable library
  • Experience building and scaling data-intensive systems
  • Experience with templating and configuration-driven systems (Jinja2, YAML)
  • Azure ecosystem: Azure OpenAI, Blob Storage, Service Bus, Key Vault
  • ML experiment tracking and evaluation tooling such as MLflow
  • Familiarity with print production or design automation workflows
  • French language skills (our output is bilingual, English and French) and retail merchandising domain knowledge


When benefits really help you live better:

We offer a comprehensive and flexible benefits package designed to support your well-being and help you thrive-at work and at home. Our offerings include:
  • Competitive compensation with performance-based incentives and retirement savings plans with company match
  • Customizable group benefits including health, dental, life, disability, and travel insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Employee perks such as discounts on insurance, wireless plans, travel, and more
  • Career development opportunities
  • A dynamic, inclusive work environment where your voice matters and your growth is supported

EEO

TC Transcontinental is committed to fair, transparent, and equitable hiring practices. We disclose that no artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated decision-making systems are used in our recruitment or selection process.

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About Transcontinental Inc.

Transcontinental Inc. is a Canadian printing and publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec. The company has operations in Canada and the United States, and is the largest printer in Canada. Transcontinental's printing services include newspapers, magazines, books, and marketing materials. The company also operates a packaging division that produces flexible plastic packaging for consumer goods. Transcontinental was founded in 1976 by Remi Marcoux and has grown through a series of acquisitions.
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