senior software developer - artificial intelligence.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer - Artificial Intelligence to lead the technical design, development, and integration of enterprise-grade AI applications. In this role, you will build Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, develop intelligent AI agents using Model Context Protocol (MCP), and integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) with core enterprise applications. Working across a modern cloud-native AWS stack, Java Spring Boot, and Python backend services, you will construct semantic search capabilities, vector-based retrieval systems, and secure data orchestration workflows while ensuring high accuracy, explainability, and grounding.

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid – onsite as needed)

Duration: 8-month contract

Public Sector Experience: Must Have.

Advantages
Advanced AI Stack: Hands-on development using Amazon Bedrock, MCP, OpenSearch vector search, and modern LLM frameworks.

Next-Gen Architecture Impact: Lead high-visibility RAG pipeline creation, semantic search indexing, and agent-based tool orchestration.

Full-Stack AI Integration: Bridge Java Spring Boot/Python backend services with cutting-edge AI models and enterprise data.

Flexible Hybrid Setup: Enjoy schedule flexibility with a hybrid work model based in Toronto.

Responsibilities
AI Agent & RAG Pipeline Engineering: Design and implement intelligent AI agents and RAG pipelines, constructing vector embeddings, indexing workflows, semantic search capabilities, and retrieval optimizations using Amazon Bedrock and OpenSearch.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Development: Architect and deploy MCP servers to expose backend system functionalities and toolsets safely to AI clients and LLM agent frameworks.

Backend Microservices Development: Build and maintain scalable backend services and REST APIs supporting AI workloads using Java Spring Boot and Python.

Prompt Orchestration & Tool Calling: Develop prompt templates, agent orchestration workflows, tool selection strategies, and structured output patterns.

Data Integration & Interoperability: Integrate AI services with structured enterprise data repositories, health services directories, FHIR APIs (R4/R4B), SMART on FHIR launch contexts, and Master Data Management services.

AI Quality, Grounding & Evaluation: Implement rigorous evaluation frameworks to assess AI accuracy, eliminate hallucinations, validate response grounding, and ensure explainability against authoritative source records.

Security & Access Control: Enforce secure API access, role-based authorization, and enterprise authentication standards utilizing OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JWTs.

Governance, Monitoring & Telemetry: Build operational dashboards, logging frameworks, telemetry metrics, and AI governance documentation to support continuous system optimization and post-deployment sustainment.

Qualifications
Enterprise AI & RAG Seniority: Extensive senior software development experience designing, implementing, and deploying enterprise AI applications and RAG architectures using vector databases and semantic search (Strictly Required).

Model Context Protocol (MCP) & Agent Orchestration: Demonstrated experience developing AI agents and MCP servers, including prompt engineering, tool calling, and agent workflow orchestration (Strictly Required).

AWS Cloud AI Suite & Vector Search: Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock and implementing vector search using OpenSearch (Strictly Required).

Java Spring Boot & Python Backend Development: Proven experience engineering Java Spring Boot and Python backend microservices supporting AI workloads (Strictly Required).

Healthcare Interoperability & Directory Experience: Direct experience implementing healthcare AI solutions using FHIR R4/R4B, SMART on FHIR, REST APIs, and health services/provider directories (Strictly Required).

AI Grounding & Evaluation: Practical experience developing evaluation frameworks for AI accuracy, hallucination reduction, response grounding, and citation validation (Strictly Required).

Security & Authorization Protocols: Hands-on experience implementing secure AI applications using OAuth2, OIDC, JWTs, and role-based access controls (Strictly Required).

Public Sector Expertise: Prior experience delivering software solutions within public sector environments (Strictly Required).

Summary
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