Developer Advocate, AI Enablement (Toronto)

Your Opportunity

The Developer Advocate will serve as a critical bridge between BDO Canada’s AI Studio and Service Line Labs, ensuring seamless collaboration, technical enablement, and advocacy for AI adoption across the firm. This new role champions developer experience, promotes responsible AI practices, and accelerates the creation of AI agents that enhance workflows and client value. The role offers a hybrid work schedule, combining remote flexibility with in‑office collaboration, with periodic travel as required.

Advocacy & Enablement

• Act as the primary liaison between AI Studio and Service Line Labs to ensure alignment on standards, governance, and technical best practices.
• Promote internal awareness of AI tools, frameworks, and development environments (e.g., Copilot Studio) through workshops, demos, and office hours.
• Build and nurture a community of AI practitioners and citizen developers across service lines.

Technical Collaboration

• Partner with IT to integrate AI development tools securely and efficiently into BDO Canada’s infrastructure, ensuring compliance with identity, access, and runtime governance.
• Support Labs in prototyping and transitioning AI solutions from sandbox to production, following BDO Canada’s governance and quality assurance protocols.
• Contribute to reusable components and patterns for AI agent development, ensuring scalability and interoperability across service lines.

Training & Education

• Design and deliver training programs for practitioners on AI literacy, prompt engineering, and agent‑building fundamentals.
• Facilitate hackathons and hands‑on sessions to accelerate learning and adoption of AI tools.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to embed AI capability pathways into firm‑wide learning programs.

AI Agent Development Support

• Guide service lines in identifying high‑value workflows for AI enablement and assist in configuring or building agents within a governed environment.
• Provide technical mentorship to practitioners working on Tier1 and Tier2 agents, ensuring adherence to BDO’s Responsible AI framework.
• Monitor and report on adoption metrics, agent performance, and ROI to inform continuous improvement.

Success Criteria

• Demonstrate BDO Canada’s core values: Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration.
• Understand clients’ industries, challenges, and opportunities; deliver high‑quality, positive, professional work.
• Identify, recommend, and focus on effective service delivery to clients.
• Participate in an inclusive and engaging work environment that supports talent development.
• Actively adopt digital tools and strategies to drive innovation.
• Grow personal expertise through learning and professional development.

Education & Experience

• Minimum 5–6years of experience in software development, AI/ML concepts and development, and API integration.
• Minimum 3–4years of experience in developer advocacy, technical evangelism, or community building.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot Studio) and governance principles.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical audiences.
• Passion for enabling innovation responsibly within a qualified services context.

Compensation range: $93,000 – $141,000 annually.

Benefits

• Competitive total cash compensation with performance recognition.
• Flexible benefits from day one, including market‑leading personal time off.
• Reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the chance to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Workplace Flexibility

All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

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