Description
Intelex is on the lookout for an AI solution Architect to join our AI team, working on innovative and transformative solutions that will drive our company's strategic direction in the ever-evolving realm of AI technology & New Initiatives. The AI Solution Architect is responsible for providing technical leadership in the solution and implementation design of Intelex AI features during the entire customer cycle. The position works closely with various stakeholders, including engineering, product, and services teams, to ensure that our technology solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with industry best practices. The position requires a deep understanding of design and configuration in our platform; as well as excellent communication and planning skills.
Responsibilities and Deliverables
AI Solution Development & Integration (50%)
Design and implement robust AI solutions such as LLMs, RAG, and orchestration frameworks like LangGraph that integrates with existing systems and infrastructure while allowing for future scalability.
Define AI/ML solution architecture, guiding teams in model selection, deployment, and optimization.
Ensure AI models are scalable, explainable, and robust, addressing bias, drift, and model governance.
Guide the development and deployment of robust, scalable AI systems by following established MLOps principles.
AI Strategy & Architecture Development (20%)
Develop and maintain an AI architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals.
Define AI integration patterns within enterprise applications, leveraging cloud-based AI services and APIs.
Establish AI governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and ethical AI standards.
Research emerging AI trends and ensure the organization stays ahead in AI adoption.
Business Engagement & Use Case Identification (20%)
Work closely with business units, partners, and stakeholders to identify AI opportunities.
Collaborate actively with teams to translate business needs into actionable AI development plans across multiple development groups.
Facilitate AI discovery workshops and proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives.
Technical Leadership & Governance (10%)
Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and governance to ensure consistency and quality across all AI projects.
Mentor engineers, software developers and QAs to ensure high-quality AI implementation.
Ensure AI models comply with data security, privacy, and regulatory policies.
Organizational Alignment
Reports to the VP of Data Analytics, Architecture and AI
Qualifications
Skills & Work Traits
Great attitude and work ethic that inspires others in the organization.
Team builder - identify and develop the skills, competencies & behaviours within the software engineering team to support continued rapid growth of the business.
Great teammate - develop strong collaboration with peers across the organization, including product management, customer support, sales, and information assurance.
Disciplined - work closely with peer functions to ensure predictable and reliable achievement of objectives (e.g., roadmap execution, budgets, etc.).
Highly motivated, proactive, creative, and self-directed with a commitment to excellence.
Exceptional analysis and troubleshooting skills, and persistence in solving problems.
Exceptional research skills combined with the ability to generate options to make technology and architectural decisions.
Able to switch @context between the big picture and the details to identify and evangelize the creation of effective user experiences.
Ability to lead change and turn something that is ambiguous into something that is structured (comfort with ambiguity and change in general).
Leader that will embrace Fortive Business System and tools to drive growth.
Technical Competencies
Expertise developing large scale web applications and a thorough understanding of common architecture choices for them.
Experience with LLMs such as GPT, BERT, OpenAI, Hugging Face, Gemini, LLAMA, etc.
Knowledge of modern ML toolkits and frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain, etc.).
Hands-on experience training AI/ML models, including foundation models, fine-tuned models, or specialized domain models.
Experience in Vector Databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).Cloud & Data Architecture.
Hands-on expertise with Azure AI Services or AWS AI/ML
Previous experience in full stack development across different technical stacks including JavaScript (ReactJS / Webpack), server (.net framework, .net core), and cloud (AWS, Azure) or equivalent experience.
A solid understanding of object-oriented programming and microservices.
Experience
Required:
5+ years of experience leading the AI/Machine Learning development lifecycle from conception to delivery.
3+ years of experience a leadership role guiding AI strategy and implementation.
Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Scrum development methodology and in leading Agile Scrum development teams.
Preferred:
Five or more years professional experience preferred.
Professional experience within a software product or SaaS organization preferred.
Education
Required:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field.
Preferred:
Master's Degree and/or vendor certifications (such as Microsoft Certified Professional) valued.
Other Requirements
Please note that this role requires a satisfactory Criminal Background Check and Public Safety Verification.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About Us
Company Overview
With more than 1,300 clients and 1.6 million users, Intelex Technologies, ULC is a global leader in environmental, health, safety and quality (EHSQ) management software. Since 1992 its scalable, web-based platform and applications have helped clients across all industries improve business performance, mitigate organization-wide risk, and ensure sustained compliance with internationally accepted standards (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001) and regulatory requirements. Intelex is one of North America's fastest-growing tech companies who has recently been recognized as a Great Place to Work for over 7 years, Best Workplace in Technology, Best Workplace for Millennials and Canadian HR Team for fewer than 500 employees and has been recipient of Waterstone's Most Admired Corporate Cultures award, and Deloitte's Best Managed Companies award. For more information, visit? https://www.intelex.com/careers ?or see what our employees are saying by following our #ProudIntelexian hashtag.
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Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential-your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Intelex
Since 1992, Intelex Technologies, ULC. is a global leader in the development and support of software solutions for Environment, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) programs. Our scalable, web-based software provides clients with unprecedented flexibility in managing, tracking and reporting on essential corporate information. Intelex software easily integrates with common ERP systems like SAP and PeopleSoft creating a seamless solution for enterprise-wide information management. Intelex's friendly, knowledgeable staff ensures our almost 1400 clients and over 3.5 million users from companies across the globe get the most out of our groundbreaking, user-friendly software solutions. Visit www.intelex.com to learn more.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
