Software developer, Generative AI - Remote
Oakville, Canada
Pelmorex
Personal Spending Account đ°Up to $500 to spend on anything related to physical, mental or financial well-being (in addition to your Health Care Spending Account) Summer Hours đStart your weekend earlier during the summer months!17 Paid Days Off (in addition to 13 Personal Days) đ This includes an extra day off during the month of your birthday đ°- our gift to you!An IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Awareness, Solidarity) team âïžWeather is inclusive, we will be too. Our IDEAS team is committed to making this happen!
đŁHAVE WE GOT YOUR ATTENTION? WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Read about us here! (spoiler alert⊠we are the home of The Weather Network )đCanadaâs #1 most trusted brand in media for the third year in a row!
WHY WE NEED YOU? GLAD YOU ASKED...
As a Software Developer within our Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Team, you will serve as a vital member of a team with a charter to engage in iterative learning and rapid experimentation, fostering a culture of innovation and delivering prompt results. Your contributions will be instrumental in developing and expanding our groundbreaking, patent-pending Weather Assistant Generative AI technology, along with other Generative AI features, for two of Canada's most prominent brands: The Weather Network and Météo Média.
You are someone who has strong experience in software development with a genuine interest in AI, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models that extends outside of work. Moreover, you are not afraid to try new approaches to achieve the optimal combination of performance, quality, and cost. We value developers who can own projects and develop complete, end-to-end solutions.
If you have experience in Generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and love to innovate on a daily basis, weâre looking for you!  We are working with multiple cloud-vendors, on multiple technology languages and platforms (Python,Kubernetes, LLMs, etc.). We are a fast-based shop that loves to write clean code with clean architecture in place, and arenât afraid to refactor!
Donât be shy -- share your GitHub repository with us! Weâd love to see some of your previous work!
WHAT IS THE DAY TO DAY LOOK LIKE
- Creatively solution and implement new features for our Generative AI offerings, including - 1) Testing and evaluating different LLMs and toolchains ; 2) Continuously optimizing for cost and efficiency; 3) Striving for higher quality results every step of the way
- Continually optimizing code for maximum performance
- Unit Testing of the features that you implement
- Always be an active participant who will voice and pursue your ideas and initiatives
- Designing robust, modular and highly reusable code
- Take accountability with the team for completing the stories in each sprint, and ensuring full end-to-end coverage
- Look beyond the day-to-day to find new ways we could implement things better -- whether it be faster, more reliable, or with higher quality
- Participate in a fast-paced environment where your input is valued and sought after -- contribute by recommending best practices and continuously driving forward web app innovation
Roles, responsibilities and duties may evolve and change over time.
WE ARE HOPING YOU HAVE
- An experimenter/tinkerer mindset coupled with a passion for creating production systems
- An understanding of the foundations of machine learning and artificial intelligence
- An understanding of large language models and how they work, and how they differ from ML/AI approaches that immediately preceded them
- An understanding of the engineering required to turn AI prototypes into production systems
- An understanding of the strengths/weaknesses of at least a few different LLMs or LLM types
- You have been using Hugging Face or other similar sites for learning/sharing/etc
- Exposure to vector databases, and how they can be used in a generative AI ecosystem
- Strong software development experience in back-end technologies such as Python and Django
- Experience with containerized services using Docker, Kubernetes
- Exposure to different cloud infrastructures and use cases
- Proven experience with relational databases
- Proven experience with Unit Testing, TDD
- You have experience troubleshooting complex technical solutions
- You write clean, efficient and robust code that can scale to handle high traffic
YOU ARE MADE FOR THIS IF YOU...
- Are a passionate early adopter about AI and Machine Learning
- You relish the opportunity to learn new skills and try new technologies
- Have a passion for high-performance applications
- Want to grow your skill set and experience in different technologies
- Are a collaborative individual who excels in a team environment
- Are proactive and show initiative
- Value quality in everything you do
- Arenât afraid to roll up your sleeves and try something new
DONâT MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS? DONâT WORRYâŠNot all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Pelmorex values and welcomes diverse experiences. While having âdesiredâ qualifications makes for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Pelmorex. We are always looking for people who will be a culture add (yup, that's right, we donât subscribe to culture fit, we want you to add to what we think is an amazing culture and work environment
INTERESTED? IT GETS BETTERâŠ
- Course Reimbursement Program đ We want you to keep learning, so we can too
- Open and transparent communication, including All Hands Meetings with our CEO
- Pelmorex Learning Academy đ« includes offerings like French, Leadership (for people leaders and non-leaders alike), yoga, mindfulness
- Your mental health is important to us! đ§ We partner with Inkblot for virtual counseling sessions
- Frequent employee pulse surveys đ we value your feedback so we can continue to make Pelmorex a great place to work!
- Free online doctor visits đ©ââïž with Maple Online Healthcare
- While we encourage 1:1 conversations, we recognize that not everyone is comfortable with speaking up đŁ We have an anonymous reporting platform (Speakfully) to ensure everyoneâs voice is heard
Weâre highly focused on doing the right thing.Weâll discuss issues and timelines professionally, so you have the time you need to do the best work you canYou will see the result of your work pushed out to real users quicklyWeâre a team that enjoys learning new technologies and weâre open to trying new thingsWeâll try our best not to bog you down with boring meetings
Through constant innovation and entrepreneurship, Pelmorex has grown to reach consumers around the globe, has become one of the largest weather information providers and has broken new ground in providing data solutions and insights to businesses. Through harnessing the value of weather, Pelmorex is driven to make the world smarter and safer for consumers and businesses. #youwanttoworkhere
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index đ°
Tags: Architecture Django Docker Engineering Generative AI GitHub Kubernetes LLMs Machine Learning Python RDBMS TDD Testing
Perks/benefits: Career development Flex vacation Startup environment Yoga
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