IT & Software

Principal Engineer, Software Engineering / AI Engineer

Quantum Technology Recruiting Inc. (QTR)

Toronto · Ontario · Canada

Position:

Principal Engineer, Software Engineering / AI Engineer Location:

Toronto, Hybrid Salary:

$285-325K+

We're partnering with a leading global financial services organization that is making a significant investment in its Toronto technology hub. We're looking for senior engineering leaders for

two high-impact leadership opportunities

spanning enterprise platform modernization and next-generation AI innovation. These roles are ideal for leaders who are still deeply technical and have built, scaled and led strong engineering organizations.

The Opportunities Depending on your background, you could lead one of two mandates:

Enterprise Platform Modernization

Lead 4 full-stack engineering teams with 20+ engineers

Modernize and transform critical, large-scale production platforms

Balance legacy modernization with greenfield engineering

Drive adoption of modern cloud, engineering and AI capabilities

Lead across Java/Python, React and AWS/Azure environments

AI & Engineering Innovation

Lead multidisciplinary Software Engineering and ML Engineering teams

Build next-generation AI-enabled products and platforms from the ground up

Take AI/ML ideas and POCs through to scalable, production-grade systems

Help shape engineering standards, architecture and technical direction

Play a key role in building Toronto into a major AI innovation hub

What We're Looking For We're interested in senior engineering leaders who bring:

Significant experience leading multiple Software Engineering and/or ML Engineering teams

A strong hands-on technical foundation - you understand the technology, not just the delivery

Experience building and operating complex, production-grade systems at scale

Strong modern engineering and cloud experience

Experience with Java and/or Python; React is highly valuable

For the AI-focused mandate, meaningful experience delivering AI/ML capabilities into production

A track record of attracting, developing and leading high-performing engineers

The ability to operate across engineering, product, architecture and senior business stakeholders

We're particularly interested in hands-on leaders coming from

high-scale technology, fintech, financial services or other complex engineering environments .

CNESST permit numbers: AP- et AR-

All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team, and hiring decisions are made by people. We may also use AI-enabled tools to support parts of the application review process.

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