About the job
Mila is a research center based in Montreal, founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio at the Université de Montréal. The institute is recognized for advancing artificial intelligence, particularly in machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. Mila’s researchers have contributed to key areas such as language modeling, machine translation, object recognition, and generative models. Operating as a partnership between Université de Montréal and McGill University since 2017, with strong links to Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal, Mila works to advance AI research and innovation for societal benefit.
Role overview
The Senior Developer - AI Application Development will join Mila’s AI Application Development (AAD) team. This group builds applications powered by generative AI and machine learning, collaborating with Studios, AMLRT, and other internal teams. The work involves transforming research and prototypes into platforms, products, and interactive demos.
What you will do
- Define architecture and integrate large-scale AI models into applications
- Develop and enhance critical features for AI-driven platforms
- Deliver reliable, production-ready systems
- Contribute to technical decisions and maintain code quality
- Model and promote strong engineering practices
- Mentor junior developers
- Help structure a sustainable technical ecosystem, including LLM, RAG, agents, pipelines, observability, and performance
Who thrives in this role
This position fits someone interested in shaping technical direction, contributing to strategic projects, and working across backend development, applied AI, data, DevOps, and software products.
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Learn more at https://mila.quebec/

