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About the role
- Senior AI System Software Developer building first-party AI tools and collaborating across teams at Wealthsimple. Focus on production-grade systems from frontend to backend.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate first-party AI tools and platforms that serve internal teams and Wealthsimple clients.
- Develop full-stack features across React frontends and Golang backend services, delivering complete, production-ready systems.
- Work closely with stakeholders across product, engineering, operations, and business teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven features and translate them into working software.
- Build and maintain containerized microservices, ensuring our AI platforms are reliable, scalable, and easy to deploy.
- Integrate large language models and other AI capabilities into our tools through well-designed APIs and service layers.
- Contribute to platform architecture decisions, helping shape how AI systems are built and operated at Wealthsimple.
- Iterate quickly on new features and prototypes, balancing speed of delivery with long-term maintainability.
- Establish patterns and best practices for AI system development that other teams can adopt.
Requirements
- Experience building and shipping production software as a full-stack or backend-focused developer.
- Strong proficiency in Golang and React, or demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on both.
- Hands-on experience with containerized architectures (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native deployment patterns.
- Interest in or experience with AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, or building AI-powered products.
- Ability to work across the full stack - from crafting user interfaces to designing APIs and backend services.
- A product-oriented mindset: you care about the end-user experience and work with stakeholders to deliver features that solve real problems.
- Clear communication with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities and technology evolve quickly.
Benefits
- Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
- 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
- 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
- Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
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