About the job

The Wissen team continues to expand its footprint in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and India. More openings to come as we continue to grow the team!

Please read below for a brilliant career opportunity.

About the job

The Wissen team continues to expand its footprint in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and India. More openings to come as we continue to grow the team!

Please read below for a brilliant career opportunity.

Role: Gen AI Lead

Title: AVP/VP

Location: Montreal, QC (Day 1 Onsite/Hybrid) – Fulltime

Mode of Work: 3 days/week onsite required

Required Experience: 7+ years

position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled GenAI Lead with deep expertise in AI architecture, solution design, and hands‑on development. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, driving innovation, and leading end‑to‑end implementation of Generative AI solutions across enterprise environments. You will work closely with cross‑functional teams to design scalable architectures, build production‑ready AI systems, and guide the organization’s GenAI strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise‑grade Generative AI solutions.
• Develop scalable, secure, and high‑performance AI system architectures using modern cloud and MLOps practices.
• Evaluate and integrate LLMs, vector databases, retrieval pipelines, and prompt‑engineering frameworks.
• Define best practices, reference architectures, and reusable components for GenAI adoption.

Hands‑On Development

• Build and optimize GenAI applications using frameworks such as Lang Chain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or similar.
• Implement RAG pipelines, fine‑tuning, model evaluation, and prompt optimization.
• Develop APIs, microservices, and backend components to operationalize AI models.
• Conduct POCs, prototypes, and performance benchmarking.

Problem Solving & Technical Leadership

• Analyze complex business problems and translate them into AI‑driven solutions.
• Troubleshoot model performance, data quality, latency, and integration challenges.
• Provide technical leadership to developers, data scientists, and engineering teams.
• Stay current with emerging GenAI technologies, tools, and research trends.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with product, engineering, data, and business teams to define AI use cases and roadmaps.
• Communicate architectural decisions, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Mentor team members and contribute to building internal AI capability.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML development, or related technical roles.
• Strong expertise in AI/ML architecture, solution design, and cloud‑native systems.
• Hands‑on experience with LLMs, GenAI frameworks, vector databases, and RAG architectures.
• Proficiency in Python, API development, and modern cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, embeddings, model lifecycle, and MLOps.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive end‑to‑end solution delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with fine‑tuning, model evaluation, and prompt engineering.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, governance, and responsible AI practices.
• Exposure to containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and scalable deployment patterns.
• Prior experience leading AI/ML teams or technical initiatives.

Benefits:

• Healthcare insurance for you and your family (medical, dental, vision).
• Short / Long term disability insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Accidental death & disability Insurance.
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off.
• Support and fee coverage for immigration needs.
• Remote office set up stipend.
• Support for industry certifications.
• Additional cash incentives.
• Re-skilling opportunities to transition between technologies.

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Work Mode: Hybrid

Job Type: Full-time

We are: A high end technical consulting firm built and run by highly qualified technologists. Our workforce consists of 5000+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership from Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and decades of experience at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Verizon, British Telecom, ISRO etc. Without any external funding or investments, Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 100% every other year since it started as a subsidiary of Wissen Group in 2015. We have a global presence with offices in the US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

You are: A true tech or domain ninja. Or both. Comfortable working in a quickly growing profitable startup, have a “can do” attitude and are willing to take on any task thrown your way.

You will:

• Develop and promote the company’s culture of engineering excellence.
• Define, develop and deliver solutions at a top tier investment bank or another esteemed client.
• Perform other duties as needed

Your Education and Experience:

• We value candidates who can execute on our vision and help us build an industry-leading organization.
• Graduate-level degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field
• Wissen embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We believe that the more inclusive our team is, the better our work will be. All qualified applicants, including but not limited to LGBTQ+, Minorities, Females, the Disabled, and Veterans, are encouraged to apply.

About Wissen Technology:

The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015. Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for diverse industries, including Banking, E-commerce, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy. We help clients build world-class products. We have offices in the US, India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune), UK, Australia, Mexico, Vietnam, and Canada.

We empower businesses with a dynamic portfolio of services and accelerators tailored to today’s digital demands and based on future ready technology stack. Our services include Industry Leading Custom Software Development, AI-Driven Software Engineering, Generative AI & Machine Learning, Real-Time Data Analytics & Insights, Interactive Data Visualization & Decision Intelligence, Intelligent Process Automation, Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Strategies, Cross-Platform Mobile Experiences, CI/CD-Powered Agile DevOps, Automated Quality Engineering, and cutting-edge integrations.

Certified as a Great Place to Work® for five consecutive years (2020-2025) and recognized as a Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider, Wissen Group has delivered multimillion-dollar projects for over 20 Fortune 500 companies. Wissen Technology delivers exceptional value on mission-critical projects through thought leadership, ownership, and reliable, high-quality, on-time delivery.

Our industry-leading technical expertise stem from the talented professionals we attract. Committed to fostering their growth and providing top-tier career opportunities, Wissen ensures an outstanding experience and value for our clients and employees.

We Value:

• Perfection: Pursuit of excellence through continuous improvement.
• Curiosity: Fostering continuous learning and exploration.
• Respect: Valuing diversity and mutual respect.
• Integrity: Commitment to ethical conduct and transparency.
• Transparency: Open communication and trust.

Website: www.wissen.com

Glassdoor Reviews: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Wissen-Reviews-E2587444.htm

Wissen Thought leadership: https://www.wissen.com/articles/

Latest in Wissen in CIO Insider:

https://www.cioinsiderindia.com/vendor/wissen-technology-setting-new-benchmarks-in-technology-consulting-cid-1064.html

Employee Speak:

https://www.ambitionbox.com/overview/wissen-technology-overview

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wissen-technology

About Wissen Interview Process:

https://www.wissen.com/blog/we-work-on-highly-complex-technology-projects-here-is-how-it-changes-whom-we-hire/

Wissen: A Great Place to Work

https://www.wissen.com/blog/wissen-is-a-great-place-to-work-says-the-great-place-to-work-r-institute-india

https://www.wissen.com/blog/here-is-what-ownership-and-commitment-mean-to-wissenites/

Wissen | Driving Digital Transformation

A technology consultancy that drives digital innovation by connecting strategy and execution, helping global clients to strengthen their core technology.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Work Location: In person