Principal Engineer, AI
Core
Build and operate the core infrastructure (AI Gateway, Policy Engine, Identity Fabric, AI Registry, Guardrails Runtime, Observability) that governs how AI runs safely and scalably at BMO.
Role type
Principal/Senior Platform Engineer (AI Infrastructure)
Builds
Enterprise AI Platform capabilities including control plane, domain orchestration, and governance runtimes
Domain
Financial Services / AI Infrastructure & Governance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems, platform engineering, Python/Go, cloud-native architecture (AWS/Azure), CI/CD, GitOps, policy-as-code, workload identity, observability, API gateways
Preferred skills
Cedar/OPA, SPIFFE/SPIRE, OpenTelemetry, LLM routing, agentic patterns, responsible AI governance
Technologies
AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, CDK, Cedar, OPA, SPIFFE, SPIRE, OpenTelemetry, Entra ID, LangChain, LlamaIndex, MLflow, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, SageMaker
Responsibilities
Design, implement, test, ship, and operate production infrastructure; engineer for operability and defensibility; build APIs and integrations; implement policy enforcement and audit; ensure runtime evidence for regulatory review; mentor and raise engineering standards
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship