Senior Software Engineer building LLM infrastructure and AI foundations for Relay’s digital banking platform. Exploring emerging technologies and enabling product teams to ship AI workflows safely.
Responsibilities
Build and deploy secure, reusable LLM systems for differentiated product experiences
Own AI infrastructure across its full lifecycle, from design through deployment and monitoring
Lead exploratory initiatives evaluating and validating emerging technologies
Produce recommendations on whether and how Relay should adopt evaluated technologies
Provide tooling, patterns, and guidance to enable teams to ship AI workflows quickly and safely
Partner with product teams as an AI technical expert and advise on technical decisions
Identify technical, process, and product improvements
Influence technical direction and long-term strategy
Build technology foundations enabling AI and insights across Relay’s digital banking platform
Harden infrastructure used by other engineering teams and prototype emerging technologies
Mentor junior engineers and support team-wide growth and skill development
Participate in a five-stage interview process including video interviews, live coding, a take-home system design challenge, and an in-person leadership interview
Requirements
3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
Experience leading significant components or features with minimal oversight
Ability to move between exploratory prototypes and production-ready systems
Strong judgment in evaluating emerging technologies
Experience mentoring junior engineers
Ability to drive code quality, performance optimization, and development-process improvements
Curiosity about new frameworks, best practices, and emerging technologies
Comfort working in fast-paced, dynamic environments with ambiguity and change
Collaborative approach and willingness to give and receive feedback
End-to-end ownership and creative problem solving
Agentic AI experience is a plus
Startup or high-growth technology company experience is a bonus
Hands-on LLM experience, including self-hosting or serving open models, retrieval systems, evaluation, or agentic workflows, is a bonus
Experience building platforms or shared services for engineering teams is a bonus
JavaScript experience is a bonus; primary technologies include TypeScript, React, and Node.js
AWS experience with ECS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and continuous deployment pipelines is a bonus
Ability to join the Toronto office three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Must address current or future sponsorship requirements to work in Canada
Benefits
Compensation growth tied to impact, not limited to an annual review cycle
Candidate Hub with information on perks and benefits
Accommodations available at any stage of the hiring process
Background check and employment verification through Certn as a condition of employment
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