Transform Legacy Systems Into Intelligent Workflows
Staff AI Architect
Location
Canada
Posted
111 days ago
Salary
CA$215K - CA$250K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff AI Architect
Textlayer
• Architect and maintain Python-based services using FastAPI for internal and customer-facing AI use cases • Build and scale secure, well-structured API endpoints that interface with LLMs, vector stores, and agentic tools • Implement orchestration logic and tool chaining for advanced agent workflows • Optimize service performance and latency across AI infrastructure layers • Collaborate with frontend, AI, and devops teams to ensure system-wide reliability and observability • Set up robust test coverage and CI pipelines for backend services • Contribute to our modular architecture for tool-based reasoning agents • Stay current with emerging trends in AI engineering, LLM integrations, and scalable backend systems
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer, building scalable backend systems in Python
- Strong knowledge of Flask for building and scaling product grade APIs
- Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LiteLLM) and integrating OpenAI or similar
- Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and RAG patterns
- Experience building and maintaining infrastructure that integrates with frontends, CLIs, and external APIs
- Comfortable with GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions)
- Proficiency in writing robust, tested, and well-documented backend code
Benefits
- Project Completion bonuses
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