Posted 5 days ago
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
@ Groom & Associates
Montréal, Quebec
Requirements summary:
- Candidates should bring at least three years of relevant experience.
- • Four openings now, with at least three years of relevant experience.
- We set the level on verified experience.
- • US openings follow later: same profile, with US work authorization required.
- • Retail, grocery, supply chain or demand forecasting experience.
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-01
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-06
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Groom & Associates
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Full company description
We've been providing staffing solutions that work for companies in all fields for over 20 years. What makes us so successful? Experience and our unique ability to accurately assess and then match the candidate's individual job skills with the ideal position. Our wide range of services means we can offer a broad selection of qualified candidates - whether you need permanent team players or temporary replacements. We provide long-term solutions for all your recruiting, evaluation and personnel selection. Depuis plus de 20 ans, nous offrons aux entreprises des solutions uniques adaptées à leur recrutement de personnel. La clé de notre succès réside dans notre habileté à combiner les qualités d’un candidat à celles exigées pour un mandat. Notre éventail de services nous permet de vous proposer une grande variété de candidats hautement qualifiés qui peuvent se joindre à votre équipe de façon permanente ou temporaire. Nous fournissons des solutions à long terme pour : le recrutement, l’évaluation et la sélection de votre personnel
- LinkedIn followers
- 90,996
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 40
- Reported office locations
- 360 Rue St-Jacques, G-100, Montreal, QC H2Y 1P6, CA
- 999 Canada Place, Suite 404, Vancouver, British Colombia V6C 3E2, CA
- 151 Yonge Street, 11th floor, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2W7, CA
- 5925 Airport road, Suite 200, MISSISSAUGA, Ontario 4V 1W1, CA
- 343 Preston Street, 11th floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1N4, CA
- Other recorded names
- Groom & Associés / Associates
- Specialties
- IT recruitment
- Sales & Marketing Recruitment
- Finance & Accounting recruitment
- Administration & Operations recruitment
- Engineering recruitment
- Science & Pharmaceutical recruitment
- Temporary Recruitment
- and Executive search recruitment
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
We've been providing staffing solutions that work for companies in all fields for over 20 years. What makes us so successful? Experience and our unique ability to accurately assess and then match the candidate's individual job skills with the ideal position. Our wide range of services means we can offer a broad selection of qualified candidates - whether you need permanent team players or temporary replacements. We…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Montreal, QC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | IT recruitmentSales & Marketing RecruitmentFinance & Accounting recruitmentAdministration & Operations recruitmentEngineering recruitmentScience & Pharmaceutical recruitmentTemporary Recruitmentand Executive search recruitment |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 24 |
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Forward Deployed AI Engineer
A growing international technology organization is hiring four Forward Deployed Engineers to build its Canadian team, primarily in Montreal, with Toronto also considered. Candidates should bring at least three years of relevant experience.
The company and the role
Our client is an established international software company specializing in retail supply-chain planning and optimization, with solutions delivered through a combination of technology and professional services. A dedicated business unit develops operational applications used directly in retail stores across multiple categories, not only grocery.
The business unit grew out of a specialized applied-AI venture that later joined a larger software group. It combines the scale of an established platform with the agility of a focused engineering team. Its solutions support fresh and general-merchandise ordering, in-store production, store execution, inventory, markdowns and expiry-date management. Customer-specific functionality is delivered in days or weeks by engineers working closely with end users.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you act as the technical lead and primary engineering contact for retail clients:
• you engage the whole customer organization, from the executive sponsor to store staff;
• you gather, challenge and agree on what customers actually need;
• you write and ship the production code that runs in customer environments;
• you own the outcomes (KPIs, solution performance, SLAs) until it works;
• you measure and report the business value delivered, against the customer’s starting point;
• you spot new opportunities in the account and take them forward with our presales team.
Location and eligibility
• Based in Montreal (preferred) or Toronto. The Canadian operation is being developed under locally based North American leadership. A dedicated office may be established as the team grows.
• Full-time position with employment in Canada, either directly or through an employer-of-record arrangement.
• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Field-embedded: regular travel to customer sites across North America.
• Four openings now, with at least three years of relevant experience. We set the level on verified experience.
• US openings follow later: same profile, with US work authorization required.
Must-haves
We screen every candidate on these points. Please check them before presenting someone.
1. Production code shipped. Notebooks or prototypes alone are not enough.
2. Hands-on data work: SQL, data modelling, scripting, API integrations. The ideal background is a former data scientist who also does data engineering, with ML or AI deployed to production.
3. LLMs and agentic workflows as a primary way of working, with the discipline to review what the AI produces.
4. Customer-facing credibility with both IT teams and executives, and comfortable with travel.
5. Fluent English, to work with customers across North America.
Strong pluses
• Bilingual French and English: strongly preferred for the first hires, given collaboration with an international bilingual team.
• Retail, grocery, supply chain or demand forecasting experience.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure) and a modern data stack.
• Business acumen: turns technical work into measurable financial impact.
• We want a more gender-balanced team and actively welcome women candidates in every shortlist.
Compensation
Yearly gross package in Canadian dollars, set within the range according to verified seniority and autonomy.
Component Range (CAD per year)
Base salary 110,000 to 140,000
Variable 20,000 to 30,000
Total 130,000 to 170,000
Interview process
The process takes about two to three weeks. We give feedback within 48 hours after each step.
1. Screen: a 30-minute video call with a hiring representative, in English or French.
2. Technical case: a take-home case on a GitHub repository (about 4 to 8 hours of work), then a 1h30 debrief with one of our FDEs and a software engineer, scheduled in the Montreal morning.
3. Business case: 45 minutes with a member of the leadership team.
4. Final meeting: in person with the North American business leader, in Montreal.
5. Decision and offer.
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