Senior AI Developer

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

We’re looking for an AI Developer Senior to join our growing team!

What you'll do here:

• Develop innovative data product using machine learning to solve business problems.

• Participate in the development and evolution of front-end and back-end components for the execution of our algorithms.

• Participate in the design and application design around an event-oriented architecture

• Write well-designed, efficient code that can be tested, again and again.

• Optimize the platform for maximum velocity and scalability.

• Influence the AI roadmap of the biggest P&C insurer in Canada.

• Keep pace with new technologies and use them in your own solutions.

• Work within a multi-disciplinary environment mixing people from data science, software engineering, actuarial science, business and design.

• Share knowledge with interns, data scientist and other software developer to grow, as a team.

What you bring to the table:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, AI or a related discipline.

• Minimum of 8 years of significant experience in development.

• Proficiency in Python, ML/AI (model development +productionise), REST/ GraphQL APIs, AWS (S3, Lambda, sagemaker or similar services).

• Experience with machine learning and scientific computing libraries such as scikit-learn, NumPy, SciPy, Tensorflow, etc.

• Experience with pipelines, Ingestions/automations.

• Good knowledge of software engineering practices such as design patterns, knowledge of the development cycle and other tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence.

• The commitment to be a great, collaborative teammate.

• Unlimited curiosity and a passion to challenge the status quo.

• Ability to focus on vaguely defined issues requiring the application of a creative approach.

• Strong communication, time management and work organization skills.

• If you don’t have experience in the AI field, a strong motivation to learn this new and exciting field.

• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English speaking colleagues across the country. 

• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

Some nice-to-haves:

• Highly desired: Frontend experience with React framework, Typescript, async handling & state management tool.

• Knowledge of DevOps modern tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, ELK.

• Knowledge of the development technologies such as MongoDB, Kafka.

• Experience developing data and machine learning pipelines.

• Experience in Insurance domain.

#LI-Hybrid

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.