Senior AI Engineer
RBC is hiring a Senior AI Engineer in Toronto, Canada. Level rates it ; you can apply on RBC.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this AI engineer role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, C# and SQL.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 795 other open roles at RBC.
AI in this role
Designs and builds enterprise AI solutions, LLM integrations, and agentic automation workflows.
Job Description
Senior AI Engineer
The Opportunity
We are seeking an accomplished Senior AI Engineer to contribute to the design, development, and implementation of AI-driven solutions within our software development lifecycle. This role offers the opportunity to work on enterprise-scale AI integration initiatives, establish best practices, and advance the technical maturity of our engineering organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive AI adoption and innovation across the organization.
What You'll Do
AI Engineering & Implementation
- Design and build MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and tools for seamless AI integration
- Design and implement AI-driven automation solutions, including LLM-powered automation, prompt engineering, and conversational AI
- Develop ML model integration solutions and AI orchestration workflows with monitoring and evaluation
- Integrate UiPath with enterprise AI platforms and APIs
- Support implementation of agentic automation and advanced AI use cases
AI/ML Expertise & Governance
- Integrate LLM APIs and apply prompt engineering techniques
- Design and maintain AI workflow orchestration systems
- Implement Intelligent Document Processing and NLP solutions
- Develop model evaluation, tuning, and governance frameworks
- Design and manage vector databases and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems
- Support responsible AI practices and governance model development
AI-Driven Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Contribute to AI/ML solutions that enhance code generation, testing, deployment, and monitoring
- Integrate AI technologies into existing SDLC workflows and development tooling
- Support development and implementation of governance models for AI and responsible AI practices
Technical Contributions & Collaboration
- Participate in technology evaluation and assessment for organizational adoption
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance teams on AI initiatives
- Contribute to technical training and knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Support code reviews, design discussions, and mentoring of junior team members
What You Need to Succeed
Must Have
- 4–6 years of experience building and operating production software systems at scale
- 1–2 years of hands-on experience with LLMs and generative AI in production environments or serious prototyping
- Proficiency in .NET/C#, Python, SQL, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong expertise in API architecture (REST/SOAP)
- Solid working knowledge of agentic AI patterns: tool use, agent orchestration, ReAct, multi-step reasoning, memory and context management
- Proven proficiency in LLM API integration and prompt engineering
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building or contributing to RAG systems (vector databases, embeddings, retrieval strategies)
- Demonstrated experience designing and building MCP servers and tools with familiarity of agent-tool integration frameworks
- Strong collaboration and communication skills; comfortable with code reviews, design discussions, and pair programming
- Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both technical peers and business stakeholders
- Understanding of security, data governance, and responsible AI practices
Nice-to-Have
- Production experience with agentic automation and advanced AI solutions
- Open-source contributions to automation or AI/ML projects
- Certification in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Developer Associate, Azure Developer Associate)
- Experience with additional languages or frameworks (Java, Go, Rust)
What's In It For You
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, embrace progressive thinking, and work together to deliver trusted solutions that help our clients and communities prosper. We are committed to supporting each other's growth and creating mutual success.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, flexible benefits, commissions, and stock options where applicable
- Development-focused leadership committed to your growth through coaching and career opportunities
- Opportunity to make a meaningful, lasting impact on enterprise AI adoption
- Dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
- World-class training programs in financial services and emerging technologies
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Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System ApplicationsAdditional Job Details
Address:
180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOCity:
TorontoCountry:
CanadaWork hours/week:
37.5Employment Type:
Full timePlatform:
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:
RegularPay Type:
SalariedPosted Date:
2026-08-26Application Deadline:
2026-10-30Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
Our Employment Opportunities
At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.
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How we rate this
Senior AI Engineer at RBC rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- $184k
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Questions you could be asked
- How do you structure and test a prompt to get consistent output from a language model?
- How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
- How do you decide that one model's output is better than another's for a given task?
- What NLP problem have you worked on, and how did you measure whether it actually worked?
- How do you think about the risk of an AI system in this kind of role failing silently?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Prompt engineering, RAG, AI Evaluation, NLP, and AI Safety. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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