Senior data platform engineer

Société Financière Manuvie
CA - Ontario - Old Toronto
January 19, 2025
IT

Manulife Canada is a leading international financial services provider, dedicated to helping people make decisions easier and lives better. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated AI and Cloud Platform Engineer to join our dynamic technology team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on innovative projects involving Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLM), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), with a strong focus on cloud engineering.

General Responsibilities

Builds and owns the infrastructure and tools required for processing and storing data from a wide variety of data sources, including infrastructure that can handle the scale of ML and AI workloads.
Designs, develops, and optimizes data pipelines, architectures, and data sets, ensuring efficient data ingestion, transformation, and reliable delivery using modern tools and practices.
Collaborates within and across teams (e.g., with Data Engineers, Data Scientists), and other customers to understand complex data requirements.
Assists data users in defining requirements and refining existing processes using a wide variety of tools.
Integrates new tools and solutions that can empower the organization's data consumers and help assimilate them.
Implements data monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address data issues.
Implements systems to monitor the performance of deployed AI models.

General Technical and Functional Knowledge:

6+ years Data Platform Engineer experience
Experience maintaining and extending Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules for the data platform using leading practices.
Ability to develop IaC scripts and modules to provision new cloud infrastructure.
Ability to integrate IaC scripts with DevOps and Build pipelines.
Ability to implement CI/CD pipelines for IaC deployments.
Experience configuring RBAC and access controls via automation or CLI for cloud services.
Experience participating in requirements, design, and solution discussions for application, architecture, networking, and infrastructure.

AI Engineering:

Design, develop, and implement AI solutions using GenAI, LLMs, and RAG methodologies.
Engineer prompts for AI models to improve their accuracy and utility in various applications.
Conduct comprehensive testing and validation of AI models to ensure robust and accurate outputs.
Collaborate with data scientists, software developers, and other customers to integrate AI models into existing systems.
Maintain and optimize existing AI systems to improve their performance and reliability.
Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI and related technologies to continually enhance Manulife's AI capabilities.

Cloud Platform Management:

Initialize and manage cloud platforms with Azure.
Develop, maintain, and test data pipelines, application frameworks, and infrastructure for data generation.
Employ Azure Functions to deploy scalable cloud-based solutions.
Implement event-based architecture to facilitate real-time data processing and integration.

Software Development:

Build, code, test, and maintain high-quality software.
Translate user requirements into software requirements.
Develop and maintain applications using Python, ensuring high-quality code and performance.
Use the Microsoft Power Platform to create custom business applications and workflows.
Participate in Agile sprints and ceremonies to support rapid iteration and development.

Collaboration and Contribution:

Work closely with information architects and data scientists.
Participate in functional demos using new technologies.
Collaborate with team members, participate in code reviews, and share skills and methods.

Continuous Learning:

Stay abreast of developments in your technical subject area and recognize and translate these to your working environment.
Experiment with emerging technologies and understand how they will impact future developments.

What can we offer you?

A competitive salary and benefits packages.
A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
A focus on growing your career path with us.
Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment:

Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all customers and has a positive social and environmental impact.

Manulife is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We strive to attract, develop, and retain a workforce that is as diverse as our customers and foster an inclusive workplace that leverages the diversity of our employees and their skills.

Region: Toronto, Ontario

Work Schedule: Hybrid

Salary Range: $94,220.00 CAD - $174,980.00 CAD

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide range of customizable benefits, including medical, dental, mental health, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, and various retirement savings plans.

•

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

Related Job Postings

Regional AZ Tanker CAN Union

Clean Harbors

CA - ON - ON - Conestogo
January 10, 2025

Safety-Kleen Breslau, ON location is looking for a Regional Class AZ Tanker Driver to join their safety conscious team! Our Class AZ Driver are responsible for running a route from Breslau, ON to various site-disposal locations- including cross-border locations, running 2500-2700 miles a week. We...