Royal Bank of Canada

Senior AI Engineer

Royal Bank of Canada • $110K — $130K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in AI and machine learning model development
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or C++
  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Knowledge of advanced ML techniques and frameworks (e.g. Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs)
  • Proficiency in natural language processing (NLP) tasks
  • Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools like Apache Airflow
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize machine learning models for Caribbean-specific applications
  • Implement scalable ML pipelines for seamless model deployment
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions
  • Build automated CI/CD pipelines for efficient ML lifecycle management
  • Monitor and maintain model performance, ensuring accuracy and fairness
  • Document processes, models, and knowledge sharing
  • Participate in site reliability engineering for production application support

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with competitive compensation
  • Supportive leadership committed to employee development
  • Impactful role where contributions matter
  • Dynamic, collaborative work environment
  • World-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Challenging and engaging work opportunities
  • Scope for increased responsibilities and client relationships
  • Access to diverse job opportunities across the organization
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Senior AI Engineer will work on the development and deployment of cutting-edge machine learning models, drive innovation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business growth and improvement. The candidate will have a strong background in machine learning models and algorithms, software development and leadership, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions that meet business needs. The person will collaborate closely with team members under Agile Squad including product owners, Data Scientists, Designers, Quality Engineers and other ML Engineers.

What will you do?
  • Develop and Optimize Machine Learning Models: refine predictive models tailored for Caribbean use cases such as document automation, customer segmentation or risk assessment.
  • Ensure Scalable Model Deployment: implement robust ML pipelines that enable the seamless deployment of models into production while ensuring scalability, reliability, and minimal downtime.
  • Collaborate with Cross-functional Teams: work closely with data scientists, product managers and software engineers to integrate AI models into existing Caribbean workflows and applications.
  • Streamline Pipeline Releases: build automated CI/CD pipelines for ML model lifecycle management, ensuring efficient testing, versioning, and deployment of new features or updates.
  • Maintain and Monitor Model Performance: continuously evaluate deployed models' performance, accuracy, and fairness. Implement monitoring systems to detect and mitigate model drift or biases.
  • Document and Share Knowledge: maintain comprehensive documentation of models, pipelines, and processes.
  • Maintain and Monitor production applications: participate in SRE setup to support end-to-end application in production. Ready to provide after hour support on need basis
  • Enhance Operational Efficiency: keep software engineering practice in mind, build products that can be maintain with least incidents, maintain metrics and monitoring to meet Service and Operational Level Agreements.
  • Emerging Technology: stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning and related emerging technologies, share knowledges with teams and apply the knowledge to improve existing systems and develop new ones.


What do you need to succeed?

Must Have
  • Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, java, or C++. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, and Azure) and MLOps tools.
  • Core Machine Learning and AI Skills with 2 + years of hands-on experience in model development and optimization, with knowledge of advance ML techniques. Hands-on experience with frameworks like Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, or OpenAI APIs
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): strong understand of NLP tasks such as entity recognition, summarization, text classification.
  • Skills in evaluating LLM performance using metrics
  • Data Pipeline and Workflow: proficiency in creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting DAGs for scheduling and orchestrating ML workflows. Experience in integrating Airflow with cloud data storage and ETL pipelines.
  • Past experience in data and AI/ML space would be preferred
  • Experience with data pipelines using tools like Apache Spark or Pandas for handling structured and unstructured data.
  • Cloud and Infrastructure: understand the tools like AWS SageMaker for building, training, and deploying ML models. Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, such as S3, Lambda, for managing ML workflows.
  • Strong understanding of software development principles, including design patterns, testing, and deployment. Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD, experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of application implementation requirements, including risk, privacy, and compliance.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have
  • Adaptability, Critical thinking and growing mindset
  • Management and collaboration skills, Verbal and written communication skills
  • Team contributor and care about team members
  • Graduate in science, mathematics, statistics or engineering


What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities to do challenging work
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
  • Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
  • Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies


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Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-05-07

Application Deadline:

2026-08-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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86,007 employees
Market Cap
$130.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
5 Year Trend
+8.7%
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