[Hiring] Lead AI Engineer @IDC Research Inc.

Role Description

IDC is building the next generation of AI-powered intelligence platforms that transform how technology decisions get made. We are looking for a Senior AI/Agent Engineer to serve as the player-coach dev lead for the new Memory / Living Intel Pod.

• Lead a cross-functional pod of 4-8 engineers spanning AI/LLM and backend infrastructure disciplines
• Set the technical direction for the pod's memory and proactive intelligence systems
• Build memory capabilities that give the platform persistent, cross-session understanding of each user
• Design proactive intelligence systems that monitor artifacts for changes, summarize what matters, and route alerts to the right channel
• Integrate with the AI agent pipeline and channel adapters built by adjacent teams
• Define interfaces and contracts with adjacent teams
• Write production code (coding more than 50% of the time)

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional Python development experience
• Proven experience building LLM-powered systems in production environments
• Player-coach track record leading teams of 4-8 engineers while remaining a significant code contributor
• Experience leading across disciplines, bridging AI/LLM engineering and infrastructure engineering
• Strong background in asynchronous system design: background jobs, event-driven patterns, scheduled processing
• Quality-minded approach to system design and code
• Comfort with ambiguity and building from scratch

Requirements

• Experience building systems that maintain or evolve user context and state over time
• Familiarity with semantic search, embeddings, and vector databases (e.g., Snowflake Cortex, Pinecone, Weaviate)
• Background in event-driven architectures, job scheduling, and change detection patterns
• Experience with LLM observability tools (e.g., Langfuse, LangSmith, Weights & Biases)
• Track record of standing up new teams from zero

Benefits

• 15 vacation days per year (increases with tenure; carryover allowed)
• 10 paid sick days per year
• 1 week paid new parenting leave
• Flexible work options (remote, part-time, flexible hours)
• Health, dental, vision, and paramedical coverage for you and your family
• $1,600 annual healthcare spending account
• Employee Assistance Program for counseling and support
• Best Doctors medical second opinions
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan with company match (up to 4% of salary)
• $75/month technology allowance for home office or phone expenses
• Company-paid cell phone plan

Compensation Transparency

At IDC, we are committed to fair and equitable pay practices. The expected total annual compensation, depending on location and experience, is between 170,000 CAD - 255,000 CAD, inclusive of base salary and variable compensation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IDC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons. Employment eligibility verification required. We participate in E-Verify.