Senior Full Stack Developer

About the Studio:Drive Ventures, Optimize Operations with AltaML’s Venture Studio!AltaML’s Venture Studio builds and invests in early-stage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) companies. The Studio helps founders and startups fast-track their journey from zero to one by providing technical expertise, managing operational details, and incorporating insights from our corporate labs to build innovative applied AI ventures. By bringing together talent, capital, and expertise in AI/ML, the Studio elevates ideas with a competitive edge and transforms them into high-performing companies. 
Whether the concept originates from founders, internal ideation or the services side of the business, the Studio catalyzes venture inception - evaluating and selecting ideas that will drive transformative change and unlock boundless human potential. The team is dedicated to identifying exceptional founders and collaborating with them to nurture these groundbreaking ventures, propelling their advancement toward Series A.
About the Role:The candidate will work within our Venture Studio alongside Machine Learning and Software developers, product managers, and domain experts. Our Venture Studio process includes building early prototypes to test our venture ideas. If these prototypes demonstrate significant promise then we assemble a dedicated team to evolve the prototype into a high-calibre, market-ready product. 
Initially, this role will focus on hands-on development work to create these early prototypes. As the prototypes show potential, you will have the option to lead a dedicated team to develop a more substantial product that will be used to achieve the ideal product-market fit. 
All development work is done in an agile environment.

What You'll Do:

• Rapid Prototyping: Build functional prototypes to test ideas and hypotheses quickly, ensuring fast iteration and feedback cycles.
• End-to-End Development: Contribute to both frontend and backend development, translating product requirements into scalable software solutions.
• Participate in brainstorming, design reviews, code reviews and architecture evolution discussions
• Contribute to the analysis of business requirements, prepare design and implementation recommendations, and estimate development effort
• Review and comment on the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Work collaboratively and professionally in cross functional teams to achieve our goals
• Contribute to continuous practice improvement

What You Bring:

• Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Software Development, or similar
• 4+ years of experience as a full stack developer
• Experience with React or Vue.js 
• Strong working experience using Python
• Experience developing applications using an LLM/ML APIs
• Experience with technologies like Autogen, LangChain and VectorDBs 
• Unit and API testing with xUnit, Postman, or others 
• Working in an agile environment using Azure DevOps 
• Proficient understand of Git/version control
• Able to write clean, readable, and easily maintainable code
• Experience taking an idea from conception to production.

Nice To Have's:

• Experience with rapid prototyping tools and taking solutions from 0 to 1
• Experience working in an early stage or startup environment
• Azure ML / Azure Open AI
• Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of the .net core ecosystems 
• Experience with Entity Framework core 
• Experience with Micro Services Architecture
• Application caching with Redis Cache
• Docker
• SignalR

About AltaML:AltaML is a leading North American applied AI company with extensive experience in building and operationalizing AI software solutions in 3 forms: The Services we offer, the Reusable IP that allows us to build faster, and the product solutions we develop through our Venture Studio. Together, this forms our business model and allows us to truly elevate our human potential through Applied AI.
We are a company like no other – we believe in making small bets, failing fast, and being better together. We are looking for creative problem-solvers who obsess about the customer to find wins across different industries.
We don’t hire for fit; we hire to add. We are looking for people who play our core values of being: Agile, Gritty Humble, and Happy. If you’re passionate about AI/ML, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to work with a diverse team of wickedly smart people, we want to hear from you!
Responsible AI (RAI)AltaML employees, contractors, and associates must be trained and well-versed in the importance of Responsible AI and empowered to enact RAI principles by developing and deploying AI solutions. They should also be empowered to raise and escalate RAI concerns as required.
AltaML is responsible for elevating public discourse and awareness of AI through open, transparent communications with the broader public.
Equal OpportunitiesAltaML is dedicated to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace as an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, encompassing ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and educational backgrounds. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodations during the interview process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
AltaML acknowledges that its head office is located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.
We Look for A-Players Who:- Express our core values- Are hungry for knowledge- Want to learn new skills- Are respectful- Collaborate with others across the whole company- Share knowledge with coworkers- Educate and promote AI and ML concepts both internally and externally- Have a high work ethic and are self-motivated

Our Perks:🌴Flexible Vacation - For all full time, permanent employees. Seriously, take the time you need - when you need it.🚀Make an Impact - Witness the impact your work contribution has on the success of our company.👩🏿‍💻Working with PhD and Master Level Colleagues - Endless conversations around the latest in Machine Learning and Applied AI.🩺Competitive Benefits - For all full time, permanent employees.🏢 Office as a Resource -  Hybrid work environment with state-of-the-art office spaces that ignite collaboration.⚡Big Slack Energy - IYKYK.

Our Culture:You will be working in a high-paced environment focused on creating unique ML solutions to problems across multiple industries to generate impactful value. You will be working at a company with employees who have multiple years of industrial and academic experience in data science, software engineering, product development, and machine learning fields. You will be able to experience a collaborative company culture, which means we believe in working hard, getting the job done, and enjoying the group social on Fridays. You’ll also get flexibility in where you work, what hours you work, how much vacation you take, and what you wear. We expect hard work but respect work/life balance.

Core Values:At AltaML, we are driven by our core values. We believe that by embodying these values in everything we do, we will exceed our customer’s expectations while creating a positive and empowering work environment for our team members. We are dedicated to living our values and strive to make them the foundation for our success. 
Gritty - We are entrepreneurial, determined, and resilient, pushing through challenges to achieve our goals.
Agile - We make decisions based on “little bets” creating a safe space to take risks. We embrace an interactive process, allowing ideas to fail quickly or be scaled iteratively. Together, we continuously refine and improve our approach to reach the desired outcome. 
Humble - We listen to data, embrace new ideas, admit limitations and take ownership to solve problems. We constantly push ourselves to improve and excel.  
Happy - We ignite passion and purpose by fostering a dynamic work environment. We encourage tap dancing to work, common sense over rules, empowering team members to find joy in their contributions, and being your authentic self.