Job Description

The Emerging Technologies team in Global Technology and Operations (GTO) Canada at CGI is a trusted Data, Cloud and AI advisor and go-to implementation partner for our global clients' Data and Advanced Analytics needs. We're an entrepreneurial team that is on a continuous mission to position CGI as the best-in-class AI partner and develop new and exciting opportunities in latest technologies.



Location: Montreal- preferred- Open to locations within proximity to a CGI Office with a preference


Bilingual: Bilingualism in French and English is mandatory for this role



Extensive hands-on development experience in Generative AI projects is a MUST HAVE - this is not a beginner role please

This is a hands-on and Architect role, not a pure architecture design role

This role comes with sometimes intense delivery expectations churning out POVs for clients in a short period of time and then going on to implement a full-scale production solution ensuring right user experience and adoption

Your future duties and responsibilities

As an AI and Generative AI Architect (bilingual) on our team, your responsibilities will include:

Leading a client or internal CGI project as the Technical Architect and Lead - architecting solutions and also contributing in part hands-on to solution development Building Large Language Models-based and NLP-based solutions for CGI clients by researching the best in class techniques and being a self-starter with newer technologies Having strong architectural acumen designing solution architectures for AI and GenAI solutions Mitigating risks and optimizing costs associated with choosing a GenAI architecture solution and advise clients on best practices in GenAI Helping data engineer and prompt engineer the LLM solutions end-to-end to enhance end user experience Being "hands-on" to build, tune, deploy and monitor (MLOps and LLMOps) robust Machine Learning solutions built on RAG and latest GenAI techniques Helping fine-tune LLMs with latest cost optimized PEFT techniques like LoRA, QLoRA Strategically and intensely collaborating with innovation team and the client stakeholders and account teams to ideate and build key GenAI solutions Collaborating with other Data Scientists and Data Engineers in a client engagement setting and leading the delivery of work Implementing proof of concepts to show value and then package and scale to full ML solutions at scale on both on-prem and cloud environments

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

Bilingual: Must be able to communicate in both French and English Architecture design and solution design experience with GenAI and AI solutions - including aspects like cost, scalability, security, performance, and maintainability Hands-on work experience with implementing Generative AI, LLMs, or GenAI solutions on at least 2-5 different projects or at least 1 project that was deployed in production Prompt Engineering experience on tools such as Azure Promptflow, Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Studio would be ideal Experience building LLM-based solution on Azure, AWS or GCP Experience fine-tuning LLMs with latest techniques Experience with multiple models including open source models deployment (LLaMa, Mistral et al) Experience with multiple Vector Databases ? or more years "hands-on" working experience delivering diverse Advanced Analytics and AI solutions Hands-on expertise in building and deploying code in Python, SQL and major programming languages with at least one major Cloud platform Azure, AWS, GCP

Additional non-essential qualifications

Experience with GenAI agents and agentic frameworks like Crew, Autogen etc. Experience with MSFT 365 Copilot, Copilot plugins and connectors, Copilot Studio

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because...



You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.



Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.



You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.



At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.



Come join our team--one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.