AI Lead

About Synechron

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 16,400+, and has 60 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.

Our Challenge

The AI Lead is a builder, and technical leader who helps shapes AI strategy through implementation, sets engineering standards and mentors the Junior AI Team - while remaining actively involved in design reviews, coding, experimentation, and production deployments.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Montreal is CAD $115k – CAD $120k/year & benefits (see below).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Jr AI Engineers.
• Design, build, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy advanced LLM solutions.
• Lead the development of frameworks with Langchain.
• Build agents using AWS Strands SDK, Bedrock AgentCore SDK, and other AWS services.
• Develop agent logic and troubleshooting using strong Python skills.
• Implement comprehensive evaluation frameworks for model performance and RAG quality.
• Create backend services with Python and integrate with platform APIs.
• Integrate domain-specific RAG pipelines and evaluation metrics.
• Consume platform services (gateways, MCP tools, observability) following security patterns.

Requirements

• Strong experience in Python development and practical knowledge of AI frameworks such as Langchain.
• Experience with system integration, API development, and cloud deployment on AWS and AWS Bedrock.
• Ability to develop prototypes, improve and maintain solutions in production environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field, with at least 5 years of software development experience.

We Offer

• A multinational organization with 60 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%.
• A higher education certification policy.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.