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Full Stack Developer (GenAI)

AltaML

AltaML

Software Engineering
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Posted on Dec 8, 2024
About Us:
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!
About the Role:
Are you a talented software developer excited by the new developments in GenAI? Do you enjoy playing with new technology and discovering new problems that can be solved with it? Do you enjoy participating in hackathons and coming up with novel solution ideas? If you answered yes to any of these, this is the position for you!
The candidate will work within our LogicStream product development team alongside Machine Learning and Software developers, product managers, and domain experts as we build a generative AI toolkit to solve complex problems for our customers, through collaboration with our internal delivery teams, external customers and partners. This role will focus on pushing the boundaries of generative AI and developing a successful product through rapid experimentation, customer deployment and productization of our features.
All development work is done in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in designing, developing and documenting our generative AI toolkit
  • 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 improvements

What You Bring:

  • Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Software Development, or similar
  • 1-3 years of experience in full-stack developer
  • Experience with React or Vue.js
  • Proficient in Python, with a knowledge of ML and GenAI libraries
  • Strong Experience with Entity Framework core
  • Experience developing applications using an LLM API like GPT
  • Experience with frameworks like LangChain and VectorDBs
  • Unit and API testing with xUnit, Postman, or others
  • Proficient understanding of GIT
  • Able to write clean, readable, and easily maintainable code
  • Experience taking an idea from conception to production

Nice to Have’s:

  • Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of the .net core ecosystems
  • Experience with agile software developments processes such as scrum and Kanban
  • Experience with agile SDLC tools like Azure DevOps, Jira or TargetProcess
  • User Interface Wireframing using a tool such as Figma or Balsamiq
  • Deployment of software solutions to a cloud environment such as Azure, AWS or GCP
  • Azure ML / Azure Open AI
  • Experience with Micro Services Architecture
  • Application caching with Redis Cache
  • Docker
  • SignalR
  • Python

Accountability To:

  • Director, Software Development
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 Opportunities
AltaML 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:
🌴Uncapped 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.
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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.