AI Engineer

Posted 13 Hours Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Kitchener, ON, CAN
In-Office
Entry level
Greentech • Hardware • Energy • Manufacturing
The Role
Build and maintain production software and AI-powered product features using LLMs, embeddings, and related capabilities. Apply sound engineering judgment to system design, APIs, testing, reliability, latency, cost, evaluation, and graceful degradation. Pioneer AI-native development practices, teach effective AI-assisted workflows, and identify opportunities to apply AI to scheduling, optimization, anomaly detection, customer communication, and operational workflows in home electrification.
Summary Generated by Built In

About Jetson

Jetson is on a mission to accelerate the transition of 100 million homes across North America away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy use. We believe in a future that is 100% electric and 100% better.

Homes are one of the largest sources of carbon emissions, yet adoption of solutions like heat pumps remains slow due to cost and complexity. Jetson is solving this by building the first fully vertically integrated home electrification company — making clean energy simple, transparent, and affordable.

We rely heavily on technology, automation, and data to scale this impact. At Jetson, we value people who are excellent at their craft, curious about new tools (including AI), and motivated to continuously improve how work gets done.

Who You Are:
  • An AI-native software engineer. You've integrated AI deeply into how you build software—not as a novelty, but as a core part of your workflow. You ship faster because of it, with higher standards than ever before. You’ve developed a strong intuition for when to trust the model, when to push back, and how to steer it towards the results you want.
  • Grounded in engineering fundamentals. You understand that AI-assisted development still requires taste, judgment, and rigor. You care about code quality, testability, system design, and maintainability. You know that shipping fast means nothing if the code becomes unmaintainable or the system falls over in production.
  • Curious and constantly learning. The AI landscape changes weekly. You stay on top of new models, tools, and techniques—not out of hype, but because you're genuinely interested in finding better ways to build. You can separate signal from noise and identify which developments actually matter for shipping products.
What We Need:
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development. You've used tools like Cursor, Copilot, Claude, or similar to meaningfully accelerate your work. You understand prompting, context management, and how to get reliable results from LLMs in development workflows. You can teach others to be more effective with these tools.
  • Strong software engineering foundations. Production experience building and maintaining systems that matter. You write code that others can understand, test, and extend. You've debugged production issues, designed APIs, and made architectural decisions you had to live with.
  • Experience building AI-powered product features. You've shipped features that use LLMs, embeddings, or other AI capabilities directly—whether that's intelligent search, natural language interfaces, content generation, or agent-like functionality. You understand the unique challenges: latency, cost, reliability, evaluation, and graceful degradation when models behave unexpectedly.
  • Pragmatic judgment about when to use AI. Not every problem needs an LLM. You can identify where AI genuinely adds value versus where traditional software is simpler, cheaper, and more reliable. You make these tradeoffs thoughtfully.
How You Will Grow:
  • Pioneer AI-native development practices at scale. You'll help define how a growing engineering organization builds software in the age of AI—establishing patterns, workflows, and standards that make the whole team more effective.
  • Apply AI to hard, real-world problems. Home electrification involves scheduling, optimization, anomaly detection, customer communication, and complex operational workflows. You'll find high-leverage opportunities to apply AI capabilities to problems that genuinely matter to both our customers and our business.

Shape what's possible. We're early in understanding how AI changes what a small team can accomplish. You'll push those boundaries and help us build more, faster, and better than should be possible for our size.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: We are open to considering candidates at several levels. Our compensation is structured to meet or exceed the market standard.

Benefits:

Dental Care

Extended Health Care or Health Insurance

Vision Care

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Education Support

Parental Leave Top Up

Work Location: In person - Kitchener, ON

Do you feel like you don't have everything that's listed above but can still do the job? If you have the core skills and experience that we're looking for and are willing to use your talent to learn the rest, we encourage you to apply!

U.S. Roles Jetson is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us.

Canada Roles Jetson is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive hiring. We do not discriminate on any ground protected under applicable human rights legislation. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.

Skills Required

  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar
  • Understanding of prompting, context management, and obtaining reliable results from large language models
  • Production experience building and maintaining software systems
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including code quality, testability, system design, and maintainability
  • Experience debugging production issues
  • Experience designing APIs
  • Experience making architectural decisions for production systems
  • Experience shipping AI-powered product features using LLMs, embeddings, or other AI capabilities
  • Understanding of AI product challenges including latency, cost, reliability, evaluation, and graceful degradation
  • Pragmatic judgment to determine when AI provides value versus traditional software approaches
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
132 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Jetson is a vertically integrated home-electrification company helping households transition from fossil-fuel heating to all-electric systems. It designs, sells, installs, and services smart heat-pump solutions, including Jetson Air, while managing purchasing, remote assessments, rebates, and installation in-house. Its mission is to make residential electrification simpler and more affordable, reducing emissions and energy costs for millions of homes across North America.

Similar Jobs

Toast Logo Toast

Sales Engineer

Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
In-Office
Toronto, ON, CAN
5000 Employees
136K-218K Annually

Acquia Logo Acquia

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

AdTech • Cloud • Marketing Tech • Productivity • Software • Analytics • Automation
Easy Apply
Remote or Hybrid
Canada
1100 Employees

Ericsson Logo Ericsson

AI in RAN System Developer

Cloud • Information Technology • Internet of Things • Machine Learning • Software • Cybersecurity • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
In-Office
2 Locations
88000 Employees
130K-170K Annually

Samsara Logo Samsara

Data Engineer

Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Computer Vision • Hardware • Internet of Things • Software
Easy Apply
Remote or Hybrid
Canada
4000 Employees
119K-154K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

Fairly Even Thumbnail
Hardware • Robotics • Sales • Software • Hospitality
New York, NY
30 Employees
Rosendin Thumbnail
Other • Manufacturing
San Jose, CA
6219 Employees
Amalgamated Sugar Thumbnail
Food • Greentech • Agriculture • Industrial • Manufacturing
Boise, Idaho
768 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account