GardaWorld

Lead AI Engineer

GardaWorld$100K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science)
  • 6+ years in data science, with proven leadership and project success
  • Expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, and deep learning
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and handling large-scale real-time data
  • Experience deploying production-grade machine learning systems
  • Strong knowledge of data visualization tools
  • Commitment to ethical data practices and privacy regulations

Responsibilities

  • Manage LLM production in AWS Bedrock and OpenAI
  • Perform hands-on coding and development tasks
  • Mentor data scientists and enforce best practices
  • Translate business goals into measurable model KPIs
  • Define and prioritize data science initiatives and roadmaps
  • Collaborate with leaders to uncover data-driven opportunities
  • Lead end-to-end data projects, from design to deployment

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead innovative projects in a mission-critical environment
  • Collaboration with diverse teams on high-impact solutions
  • Professional development through mentoring and leadership roles
  • Involvement in cutting-edge technologies like LLMs and NLP
  • Commitment to ethical standards in data science practices
Full Job Description
Who We Are Looking For

As a Lead AI Engineer in our AI pipeline team, you will build pipeline that identifies and alerts customers to emerging risks. This role focuses on designing and deploying advanced data pipelines that combine unstructured data with structured data. You will maintain and enhance models that detect and highlight potential risks, enabling proactive decision-making for our customers.

As the Lead AI Engineer, you will set the vision for our data science initiatives, lead a team of data scientists, and collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to build scalable, high-impact solutions. You will ensure the quality, accuracy, and interpretability of our risk detection models while driving innovation in natural language processing, geospatial analysis, and event detection in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

What You Will Work On

  • Manage LLM production in AWS Bedrock and OpenAI, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and cost optimization.
  • Perform hands-on coding and development work.
  • Mentor data scientists, review code, and enforce best practices.
  • Translate business goals into model KPIs and measurable impact.
  • Prioritize resources and plan data science roadmaps.
  • Define strategy for analytics and data science initiatives.
  • Collaborate with leadership and product teams on data-driven opportunities.
  • Lead end-to-end data science projects from design to deployment.
  • Present insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Drive innovation and process improvement through data science.
  • Design and validate analytical models using diverse tools.
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical standards.
  • Integrate LLM solutions into enterprise workflows with reliability and security.


What You Will Bring

  • Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
  • 6+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics, with a proven track record of successful project delivery and leadership.
  • Expertise in statistical modeling, ML, deep learning, data/text mining, and Gen AI prompting.
  • Proficient in Python and SQL; experienced with large-scale, real-time data.
  • Skilled in AWS and MLOps tools for model deployment and monitoring.
  • Proven experience building and deploying production-grade ML systems.
  • Strong knowledge of data visualization tools and methods.
  • Excellent critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Committed to ethical data science and data privacy regulations.


Other Skills:

  • Expertise in advanced NLP and text analytics, including entity recognition, event detection, and multilingual modeling.
  • Experience with information retrieval and web data mining, leveraging large-scale scraping, search relevance, and vector databases.
  • Familiarity with knowledge graphs and relationship modeling to enhance risk intelligence and entity linkage.
  • Strong understanding of MLOps and scalable ML systems using tools like Airflow, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud ML platforms.
  • Proven leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor teams and translate analytical outputs into business insights.


Information Security

Protect the data and systems of Crisis24 and its stakeholders by adhering to policies, reporting incidents and potential problems, completing regular training, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

About GardaWorld

GardaWorld Corporation is a Canadian private security firm, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, with 102,000 employees as of January 2020. GardaWorld International Protective Services, the international division of the company, began operations in 1984. GardaWorld Security Corporation was established as Trans-Québec Security Inc. by Stéphan Crétier in 1995, who invested initially $25,000. The company runs physical security guard services and armoured car services globally, with over 200 offices worldwide.
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