[Hiring] AI Solutions Developer @Dawson Group

Role Description

Dawson Group is looking for an AI Solutions Developer who will identify opportunities across our businesses that are suitable for AI – from repetitive processes to the judgment-heavy tasks that eat up a specialist's week – then build the agents, integrations and tooling to deliver them, reliably and at a cost we can measure.

In this role, you will be a valued member of Dawson Group, working in the permanent full-time position of AI Solutions Developer, reporting to the Digital Systems Manager. You will work in two-week agile cycles, taking ideas from proof of concept to something our teams depend on.

Your base location will be in Kamloops, B.C.; however, Dawson Group embraces distributed work, meaning the successful candidate will have the flexibility to work from home and/or at our office.

Key Focus Areas

• AI driven workflow automation.
• Agentic solutions and integration.
• Rapid delivery and adoption.
• Staying current in a fast-moving space.

What Success Looks Like

• Identify and solve high-impact micro-problems within the first six months, driving measurable improvements in workflow efficiency and team output.
• Orchestrate AI driven workflows that gather data, analyze trends, and produce business outputs with traceability.
• Build integrations between AI workflows and our core business platforms so information flows without manual handoffs.
• Deliver working proofs of concept on two-week cycles, then mature the highest value ones into stable, maintainable outputs.
• Keep a running record of AI implementations and wins across the organization, including what was automated, what it saved, and what it cost, so we can show value is being created.
• Know whether what you shipped is still working: evaluation, logging, cost per run, error handling, and a clear path for a human to step in. Help maintain what you have built.
• Act as a trusted technical partner, translating business needs and operational pain points into practical AI and automation solutions.
• Serve as an internal reference point on AI tooling knowledge and standards as they evolve in a rapidly advancing field, helping teams adopt what works and steering them away from what does not.
• Handle company and client data responsibly inside automated workflows, with appropriate controls and permissions.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience in automation, integration, or applied AI.
• 1 to 2 years of experience building software, automation or AI solutions, including work that other people relied on day to day.
• Proficiency in Python, along with working proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs into real solutions, including tool calling, structured outputs, prompt and context design, and retrieval or RAG patterns.
• Familiarity with current agent tooling such as Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, LangChain or LangGraph is an asset.
• Experience with workflow automation platforms such as n8n, prefect, zapier, power automate, etc.
• Practical experience working with APIs, system integrations, and cloud-based business platforms, for example CRM and collaboration systems, and with GitHub for source control.
• Daily use of modern AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot.
• An understanding of how AI solutions fail, and how you guard against it: evaluation, monitoring, cost, data handling, permissions and prompt injection.
• A genuine habit of keeping up with a fast-moving field, and the judgment to tell a useful new tool from a passing trend.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical requirements and practical solution designs.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain what an AI solution does, what it costs, and where it needs a human, to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A self-directed, curious, and proactive working style, comfortable operating independently in a work-from-home environment while staying aligned with team goals.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada on a permanent basis.

Benefits

• Excellent compensation package.
• Pension and medical benefits.
• Learning and long-term advancement opportunities.
• Work for a company that values People First, Integrity, Excellence, and Respect.