AI
Technical Lead, Full-Stack & AI Platforms
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 8+ years
Job description
Technical Lead for Aequilibrium's XR Training Academy platform, combining technical leadership, solution architecture, AI expertise, and hands-on development. The role leads the technical direction of AI-powered immersive training products, with roughly 30% leadership/architecture and 70% hands-on development.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Own the technical architecture of the XR Training Academy platform
- Define and maintain architecture standards across frontend, backend, AI, cloud, and Unity integrations
- Create technical roadmaps aligned with product goals
- Lead technical planning and solution design sessions
- Review technical approaches and ensure alignment with business requirements
- Prevent over-engineering and unnecessary technical complexity
- Design scalable cloud-native architectures
- Define APIs, integration patterns, and service boundaries
- Ensure performance, security, maintainability, and scalability considerations are built into solutions
- Guide AI architecture and integration decisions
- Evaluate and recommend technology choices
- Translate product requirements into technical implementation plans
- Break epics and features into technical workstreams
- Define acceptance criteria and technical success metrics
- Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies
- Support estimation and sprint planning activities
- Guide the implementation of AI-powered experiences
- Evaluate and integrate LLMs, AI services, and agent-based workflows
- Establish best practices for AI architecture, prompting, evaluation, and governance
- Coach team members on the effective use of AI-assisted development
- Contribute production-quality code
- Build backend services, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure
- Support frontend and platform development as required
- Review pull requests and mentor developers
- Troubleshoot technical issues and support delivery teams
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years in a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, or Solution Architect role
- Strong full-stack development experience
- Experience designing and building cloud-native applications
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- Python/FastAPI
- React or modern frontend frameworks
- REST APIs and integrations
- Cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building applications that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Familiarity with OpenAI
- Familiarity with Azure OpenAI
- Familiarity with agentic workflows
- Familiarity with RAG architectures
- Familiarity with prompt engineering
- Familiarity with AI evaluation and governance
- Skills and MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Strong systems-thinking and architecture skills
- Ability to balance speed, quality, and scalability
- Experience leading technical design discussions
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to challenge assumptions and drive alignment constructively
- Multi-tenant SaaS architecture and compliance-aware/data-residency design
- Open only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents
Nice to have
- XR, VR, AR, or Unity experience
- Experience building training, education, or simulation platforms
- Experience with multi-modal AI systems
- Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or education
- Experience working in consulting or professional services environments
Your team
XR & AI practice
Building immersive training and onboarding platforms that combine Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and enterprise-grade software architecture.
Benefits
- Work at the intersection of AI, XR, and digital transformation
- Build products that improve learning, onboarding, and employee performance
- Influence product and technical strategy
- Collaborate with a highly entrepreneurial team
- Help shape the future of immersive training and AI-powered experiences
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About Aequilibrium Software Inc.
Digital innovation partner
Aequilibrium (AEQ) is a digital innovation partner that helps organizations create remarkable customer and employee experiences through AI, XR (VR/AR), digital transformation, and custom software development.
Key facts
- Digital innovation / software development
- XR & AI practice builds immersive training and onboarding platforms combining Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and enterprise-grade software architecture
- Position open only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents