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First West Credit Union

AI Engineer

Hybrid

Langley, Canada

$ 111,800 /year

Mid level

Full Time

13-03-2026

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Communication Teamwork Research Attention to detail Architecture Software Architecture Organization Software Development

Job Specifications

Job Description

We are currently seeking a AI Engineer to join our team.

The AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and delivering high ‑ quality AI technology solutions, including agentic AI applications, retrieval ‑ based intelligence, automation components, and secure system integrations. This role blends software engineering with modern AI development approaches to create reliable, safe, and scalable capabilities that improve user experience, operational efficiency, and decision ‑ making across the organization.

Here’s what would be included as a part of your typical day

AI Technology Design & Development: Design and implement AI technology solutions, including agent behaviors, retrieval ‑ augmented intelligence, and integration of models into applications and workflows. Build secure and reliable components, and integrations to support AI ‑ driven interactions and decisioning. Apply strong software engineering practices, including testing, performance optimization, telemetry, and documentation
AI Application Implementation: Translate business requirements into functional AI components, ensuring clarity, feasibility, and alignment to enterprise technical standards. Develop and refine prompts, reasoning logic, and decisioning flows within agentic applications. Troubleshoot issues in AI behavior, grounding, retrieval, and integration layers.
Data Access & Retrieval Engineering: Implement secure data access strategies across structured and unstructured sources. Build and maintain retrieval pipelines (e.g., search/query components, embedding ‑ based retrieval, document ingestion pipelines). Ensure data usage aligns with privacy, security, and compliance requirements.
Security, Quality & Compliance: Ensure all AI components adhere to identity and access controls, data security requirements, auditability, and content safety guidelines. Maintain awareness of regulatory expectations (including OSFI and FCAC) as they relate to AI ‑ enabled solutions. Conduct code reviews, implement automated testing, and validate AI outputs for accuracy and safety.
Team Support and Collaboration: Work closely with internal IT groups, including Cyber Security, Data, Cloud Infrastructure, Architecture, Software Development, and IT Operations to ensure successful, secure, and scalable operationalization of AI technology solutions. Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and subject-matter experts to ensure AI solutions are aligned with desired business outcomes and deliver measurable value.
Research & Continuous Improvement: Stay current with advancements in AI engineering patterns, tooling, and development practices. Recommend improvements to frameworks, automation, and engineering processes to enhance solution reliability and scalability. Participate in internal knowledge ‑ sharing and technical learning activities.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
5 years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or related technical roles.
Hands ‑ on experience building production-grade AI components, agent ‑ based workflows, intelligent automation, or retrieval ‑ based systems.
Familiarity with enterprise AI platforms and modern cloud architectures (experience with the Microsoft ecosystem is an asset).
Experience working within regulated environments is preferred
Strong problem ‑ solving skills and the ability to understand complex systems.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Able to work effectively with both technical and business teams.
Ability to balance independent execution with teamwork and cross ‑ functional coordination.
Strong attention to detail and focus on quality, security, and long ‑ term maintainability
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience with interpreting and authoring software architecture documents.
High-energy, “can-do” attitude with strong relationship-building skills.
Strong foundation in software engineering, APIs, distributed systems, and secure integrations.
Proficiency with modern AI development practices (agentic workflows, reasoning design, retrieval ‑ augmented intelligence).
Solid understanding of cloud architectures, identity/security fundamentals, and observability.
Ability to rapidly learn new tools and frameworks in the fast ‑ moving AI ecosystem.
Displays an understanding of risk and risk ownership by being able to demonstrate adherence to policies and procedures.

About Us

What’s in it for you:

First, we strive to make our team members feel genuinely rewarded. You’ll have:

Mental health coverage and resources
Customizable health benefits, as well as topped-up parental leave
Performance-based compensation, employee banking advantages and group RRSP matching
Vacation time and flexible work arrangements to support your lifestyle

We are committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive rewards package that reflects the value an individual bring

About the Company

We are one of Canada's leading member-owned financial co-operatives, rooted deep in communities throughout British Columbia but extending wherever life takes our members. For more than 15 years, First West has proven that credit unions can remain ultra-local through our multi-brand model, while having the combined strength of a larger co-operative financial institution. Our core business is traditional banking (personal, commercial, and business) and wealth management, delivered through community brands Island Savings, En... Know more