Associate Director, AI Architect
Location
Canada
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$170K - $190K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Associate Director, AI Architect
IKS Health
• Architect, build, and maintain AI‑first web and mobile applications using modern frameworks and engineering best practices. • Lead the development of AI‑powered features using Python, LangGraph, and modern LLM tooling. • Design and implement agentic workflow applications, including orchestration, tool use, stateful flows, and human‑in‑the‑loop patterns. • Develop end‑to‑end solutions across the front end, back end, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. • Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code in TypeScript (Node), JavaScript (React), and Python using established design patterns. • Optimize applications for speed, scalability, reliability, and long‑term maintainability. • Work closely with cross‑functional teams to define, design, and ship new features with strong ownership of outcomes. • Provide architectural guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to engineering teams. • Partner with clients to lead demos, support rollout discussions, and ensure successful adoption of AI‑powered solutions.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or preferably a Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or architecture
- Demonstrable experience building commercially successful, public‑facing applications, ideally AI‑native
- Strong proficiency in React.js, Node.js, and Python required
- Experience working with full stack owning end to end features - must know all parts of the stack
- Proven experience building production applications with a strong portfolio of work
- Hands‑on experience building AI applications, AI agents, or agentic workflows
- Strong understanding of LangGraph or similar orchestration frameworks
- Strong understanding of document and SQL databases
- Good understanding of GCP and cloud‑native architecture
- Strong problem‑solving skills, communication abilities, and an ownership‑driven mindset.
Benefits
- healthcare
- 401k
- paid time off
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