Posted 4 months ago
Staff AI Developer
@ Robots and Pencils
Remote in Canada
Overview
Robots and Pencils is hiring a Staff AI Developer to lead the design and delivery of AI/ML systems, owning architecture, model development and optimization, and technical leadership across a cross-functional team. The work centres on production systems where reliability, security and scalability are critical, with a stated salary range of $176,612 to $243,680 CAD.
Responsibilities:
- Lead design and implementation of complex ML/AI systems end-to-end
- Build scalable ML platforms, pipelines and infrastructure
- Define AI architecture and engineering standards
- Lead design reviews and technical discussions
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
Requirements summary:
- 7+ years software development, 4+ years AI/ML in production
- Expert Python or similar and scalable system design
- Deep AWS and AWS GenAI expertise
- Experience shipping agentic systems in production
- Experience with RAG, evaluation frameworks and LLM observability
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-14
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-20
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 7+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Robots and Pencils
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An Applied AI Engineering Partner building AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact.
Full company description
Robots & Pencils is an Applied AI Engineering Partner that builds AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact. The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner. Founded in 2009 on the belief that the best solutions emerge when technology meets human-centered design, the company's approach blends the sciences and humanities—the robots and pencils—combining elite, mature engineering talent with world-class UX design. Robots & Pencils delivers production-ready AI implementations in weeks versus the industry standard of months. Operating through small, senior teams rather than massive consulting organizations, the company serves enterprises across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing and more. With delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, Robots & Pencils has gained a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators, combining the agility of a specialized partner with enterprise-grade delivery discipline and the craft that comes from people who care deeply about the work they do.
- LinkedIn followers
- 26,715
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 163
- Reported office locations
- 7 1/2 North Franklin Street, Chagrin Falls , Ohio 44022, US
- 1507 14 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0W4, CA
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- Apps
- Software
- Other recorded names
- Robots and Pencils
- Robots & Pencils
- Specialties
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agentic AI
- Generative AI
- Cloud Modernization
- Cloud Migration
- Data Readiness
- AI Enablement
- AI Workforce Transformation
- Production AI Systems
- and AWS
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Robots & Pencils is an Applied AI Engineering Partner that builds AI systems designed for enterprise velocity and measurable business impact. The company has earned recognition as an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, an AWS Pattern Partner, and an AWS Business Value Realization partner. Founded in 2009 on the belief that the best solutions emerge when technology meets human-centered design, the company's approach…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Chagrin Falls , Ohio |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2009 |
| Specialties | Artificial IntelligenceAgentic AIGenerative AICloud ModernizationCloud MigrationData ReadinessAI EnablementAI Workforce TransformationProduction AI Systemsand AWS |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 15 |
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We’re looking for a Staff AI Developer to lead the design and delivery of AI/ML systems. This role is ideal for an experienced developer who thrives on architectural decisions, can confidently own systems end-to-end, and contributes to technical leadership across the team.
In this role, you will work as a key technical leader on a cross-functional team, defining AI architecture, leading model development and optimization, and solving challenging integration problems. You’ll be joining real, in-flight work where reliability, security, and scalability are critical. You’ll establish engineering standards, raise the bar on how we build AI systems, and contribute to the technical decisions that shape how our AI work scales over time.
Why This Role Matters
At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for real people in real workflows. That balance is baked into how we operate.
Every role here contributes directly to that mission. Here, you shape how AI systems integrate into enterprise operations, how teams move at real velocity, and how products create measurable impact for clients and the people they serve. We ship production-ready AI in 30 to 45 days. That pace demands people who take ownership, lead with craft, and care deeply about what they put their name on.
What You’ll Do
Craft & Delivery
- Lead the design and implementation of complex ML/AI systems end-to-end, owning architecture decisions and driving solutions from research through production at scale
- Build and evolve scalable ML platforms, pipelines, and infrastructure that support reliable, repeatable model development and deployment across teams
- Set the standard for AI-forward engineering, using tools like Claude and Cursor with sophistication and helping the team adopt them effectively
Collaboration & Communication
- Partner with product, engineering, and leadership to shape AI strategy and align technical direction with business outcomes
- Translate complex AI tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities into clear narratives that drive decision-making across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Lead design reviews and technical discussions, raising the bar for engineering rigor and constructive challenge across the team
Leadership & Influence
- Define AI architecture and engineering standards, bringing depth on tradeoffs, long-term implications, and responsible AI practices
- Mentor and grow junior and mid-level engineers, multiplying impact through coaching, code reviews, and pairing on hard problems
- Take ownership of the most ambiguous and highest-stakes pieces of work, driving them through to production with care for reliability, cost, and safety
What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years professional software development experience, with 4+ years focused on AI/ML systems in production and deep hands-on experience with generative AI development
- Expert software development background (Python or similar) with strong design sensibilities for scalable, maintainable systems
- Deep expertise with cloud platforms, including in-depth understanding of AWS services and AWS GenAI offerings
- Proven track record designing and shipping complex agentic systems in production environments
- Mastery of AI frameworks and orchestration tools
- Strong experience with evaluation frameworks and observability tools for LLM apps, including building these capabilities where they don't yet exist
- Deep understanding of AI safety, responsible AI principles, prompt injection defenses, and PII handling
- Extensive experience building RAG pipelines: chunking strategies, embedding models, vector databases, and advanced retrieval techniques
- API design experience, including architecting and integrating with internal and third-party services at scale
- Advanced cost optimization expertise: token economics, caching strategies, model routing, quantization
- Strong working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployments
- Demonstrable, day-to-day usage and expert knowledge of AI-forward coding tools such as Claude Code and Cursor
Our salary range is $176,612 $243,680 CAD
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