Job Description
About Unblocked
Unblocked is a high-growth, well-funded SaaS company dedicated to helping software development teams resolve questions about their applications. This allows teams to reduce meetings and interruptions, focusing more on coding.
Company Culture
- Small, innovative team with a track record in developer tools.
- Emphasizes participation in product development.
- Opportunity to shape product roadmap and implement user-centric solutions.
About You
- Extensive experience as a software engineer.
- Proven record of building and shipping beloved products.
- Experience with pipelines and services addressing real customer problems.
- Passionate about emergent ML technologies, researching, and experimenting.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior AI Engineer, you will:
- Build and optimize scalable data pipelines and ML services.
- Design end-to-end AI workflows (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation, tool calling, agent reasoning).
- Integrate latest advancements from LLM providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Contribute ideas to product visions and roadmaps.
- Mentor teammates and share knowledge.
- Lead with innovation, turning AI/ML insights into customer advantages.
Requirements
- Location: Vancouver, BC, in-office 4 days/week.
- Deep curiosity and experience with LLM applications (text classification, summarization, semantic search, agent reasoning).
- Expert in modern typesafe programming languages.
- Leadership experience.
- Experience with complex backend systems, especially in AI/ML or data-heavy domains.
- Skilled in handling large-scale structured/unstructured data.
Desirable Skills
- Hands-on with OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source LLM models.
- Knowledge of LLM patterns (RAG, routing, chaining, tool calling).
- Experience with ML evals, fine-tuning.
- Up-to-date with AI trends and best practices.
Cultural Fit
- Driven and proactive.
- Collaborative communicators.
- End-user advocate.
- Unique skill sets and methodologies.
- Ambitious, with a desire for continuous improvement.
What’s in it for You?
- Competitive salary.
- Equity options.
- Medical and dental benefits.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Choice of Apple hardware.
- Opportunities for personal growth on diverse projects.
Job Highlights
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