Senior AI Architect

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

128,300 - 156,800

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

15%

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

Our growing team is looking for a Senior AI Architect to support architecture mandates and collaborate with Data Science and AI Developers within the DataLab

What you'll do here: 

• Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on challenges and helps to deliver both discriminative ML and generative AI (Gen-AI) solutions.
• Help define and evolve our Data & AI platform architecture to ensure its timely and efficient evolution, maintenance and support via the use of automation, security and governance best practices, etc.
• Collaborate with members from various technical teams to develop solutions that address the needs of our customers.
• Deliver architecture blueprints and implementation strategies that meet our security and data protection standards.
• Ensure that architectures are aligned with our corporate vision and objectives, while being able to propose innovative approaches to problem solving.

What you bring to the table: 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology/software engineering or any combination of equivalent education and experience.
• At least 5 years of significant experience in software development.
• At least 5 years of experience in an application or solution architecture role.
• Knowledge of various DevOps paradigms (i.e. DataOps, DevSecOps, MLOps, etc.).
• Knowledge AWS ecosystem (i.e. Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, ALB, Cloud Watch, ECS/Fargate, AWS Bedrock, etc.)
• Knowledge of GCP cloud ecosystems (i.e. Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Big Query, etc.).
• Knowledge of other ML/AI technologies (i.e. Databricks, Snowflake, AWS SageMaker, VertexAI, etc.) an asset.
• Knowledge of specific Contact Center AI Services (i.e. DialogFlow, AgentAssist, etc.) an asset.
• Passionate about creating highly resilient, secure, and scalable AI applications.
• Comfortable working with multidisciplinary teams (ex: Business Analysts, Developers, Data Architects and Enterprise architects) in complex and constantly changing environments.
• Able to take a business problem and turn it into a technological solution.
• Excellent at explaining complex and technical ideas to various stakeholders.
• Well organized, with a good sense of how to manage priorities.
• Experience leveraging an architecture framework / methodology such as TOGAF, an asset.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

#LI-Hybrid

Il s'agit d'un nouveau rôle au sein de notre équipe en pleine croissance | This role is a new member of our growing team.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.