AI Developer – Intermediate
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Full Time Mid-level / Intermediate Clearance required CAD 168K - 312K *
JSI
Industry-leading lawful intelligence and AI-enabled data fusion + analytics for Law Enforcement, Intelligence & Security. JSI protects what matters.Knowledge & Experience
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority software issues impacting customers, utilizing diagnostic and debugging tools.
- Collaborate with development teams to create and deploy fixes, ensuring rapid resolution of production issues.
- Develop minor feature enhancements to improve product quality and supportability based on customer feedback.
- Document root cause analyses and develop processes for proactive problem prevention.
- Serve as the primary point of escalation for complex technical issues, providing technical expertise and guidance to customer support teams.
- Maintain strong communication with stakeholders, including customers, to keep them informed of progress on critical issues.
- Collaborate: Work closely with your team, including developers, testers, product owners, and managers.
- Continuous Improvement: Embrace a focus on continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
- Agile Participation: Actively engage in Agile ceremonies, such as daily standups, grooming, sprint reviews, retrospectives, planning, and demos.
- Work closely with senior developers, data scientists, and other team members to understand requirements and deliver high quality innovative solutions.
- Assist in integrating AI/ML models and algorithms into existing systems and applications.
- Develop using test driven design (TDD) and CI/CD principles.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in AI/ML and related technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, a related field, or equivalent job experience
- 3-5 years of experience developing high quality enterprise software
- Proficiency in Python and C#. Familiarity with software development best practices
- Basic understanding of machine learning concepts, frameworks, and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive best in class solutions while maintaining simplicity
- Proven history of getting things done (e.g., not just a thinker, but someone capable of delivering high quality code and finishing the job)
- Team player – able to share, mentor and code review, with the ability to adapt to the latest development techniques.
- Eligible for up to a top-secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Agile development experience, including the use of automated unit and integration tests.
- Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and tools including those disciplines focusing on LLMs, RAG, Vision and Language Analytics
- Enterprise development experience (large databases, multi-tier applications).
- Linux experience.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent communication skills – Both written and verbal.
- Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks.
- Loves to be a part of a team.
- Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
How We Work
You will be expected to work in a remote/hybrid environment reporting to our Kanata, Ontario location 2 or more times per week.
About JSI
JSI is built on purpose, that of making a difference in the world.
Founded in 1979, this privately-owned technology company is the North American leader in designing and developing acquisition, collection and analysis solutions for law enforcement and intelligence communities.
With 4Sight – JSI’s single, unified, product suite – customers can combine any number of disparate data sources into a highly intuitive, visually-focused platform. The result? JSI’s customers spend less time working with data and more time seeing patterns, understanding trends, and gaining perspective (and making the world a safer place).
With over 400 employees and a strong, growing global presence in Canada, the U.S., Australia and Germany, JSI is not only the dominant player in its industry, it is also known for its fun, high-performing, purpose-driven corporate culture.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), JSI will provide accommodation accessible formats and communication supports for the interview process upon request.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Agile CI/CD Computer Science Engineering Linux LLMs Machine Learning ML models Prompt engineering Python PyTorch RAG Scikit-learn Security TDD TensorFlow
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