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AI Engineer — Junior (BC)

@ Canada Quant Labs

Victoria, British Columbia

$85k–$115k/yrFull-time
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Overview

Canada Quant Labs is hiring a junior AI Engineer in Victoria, BC, for a full-time permanent role. The work involves evaluating and benchmarking open-weight models, building dataset pipelines and writing model cards under senior mentorship. The posting states hybrid work from the Victoria office, CAD $85,000–$115,000 per year plus equity, and requires British Columbia residence.

Pay:

$85,000–$115,000 a year

Responsibilities:

  • Build quantization evaluation harnesses for open-weight models
  • Develop dataset pipelines
  • Run inference benchmarks
  • Write model cards
  • Work under mentorship of senior engineers

Requirements summary:

  • No degree, enrollment or prior industry experience required
  • Based in British Columbia
  • Open to self-taught, bootcamp and career-switching candidates
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Employer posting date
2026-07-22
First seen by our source
2026-10-26
Source record updated
2026-10-26

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentSoftware development
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
Perks mentionedStock or equity

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Job description

Canada Quant Labs is hiring a junior AI Engineer in Victoria, BC. Open to anyone early in their career — self-taught developers, bootcamp grads, career-switchers, and new grads alike. No degree, enrollment, or prior industry experience required; British Columbia–based candidates only. You'll do real work on Canada's open-weight models: quantization evaluation harnesses, dataset pipelines, inference benchmarks, and model cards, mentored by senior engineers. Full-time, permanent, hybrid from our Victoria, BC office. CAD $85,000–$115,000 per year plus equity, commensurate with experience.

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