Forward Deployed Engineer (Data, ML & AI)

Location: Remote (NA/Eastern timezone), based in Toronto, Ontario

Compensation: 160K - 180K CAD / year

Company

hirify.global (a Carbon60 Company) provides specialized technical delivery and data modernization services for enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Embed within customer environments to lead the end-to-end delivery of data discovery, schema design, and model integration.
• Modernize legacy technology estates by refactoring monolithic SQL databases and ETL jobs into modern lakehouses and event-driven systems.
• Apply Spec-Driven Development (SDD) using GenAI tools to generate production data models, PySpark jobs, and test suites.
• Architect and deploy GenAI workflows, RAG pipelines, and autonomous AI agents using frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or DSPy.
• Build and maintain robust MLOps orchestration pipelines using tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, or Dagster.
• Elevate customer teams by establishing reusable agentic development patterns and data reliability frameworks.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Principal Data Engineer, Lead ML Engineer, or Enterprise Data Architect.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills for direct interfacing with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Mastery of distributed computing (AWS Glue, Spark, Databricks) and modern data warehouses (Redshift, Snowflake, dbt).
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning, evaluating, and deploying LLMs, embedding models, and vector stores.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL, plus fluency in at least two other languages (e.g., Scala, Go, Rust, TypeScript).
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites as needed.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in Forward Deployed Engineering or technical consulting roles.
• Experience migrating on-premise Hadoop or legacy data warehouses to cloud lakehouses.
• Deep understanding of data governance and security compliance (HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR).

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with flexible work hours and location.
• Competitive compensation with a Retirement Savings Matching Program (RRSP).
• Employer-paid health and dental premiums, including GreenShield+ mental health counseling.
• Annual $500 Health Care Spending Account.
• Access to the latest technology and peer recognition rewards.