AI Data and Integration Engineer

We are hiring an AI Data and Integration Engineer Application Development!Reporting To:Assistant Vice President IT Application DevelopmentFull-Time/Part- Time:Full-timeSalary Range:$80021-$128034Posting Date:August 21 2026Closing Date:September 21 2026Hours of Work:8:30 a.m. 5:00 :Office Location: 14.4TorontoGreat location! Steps away from the main public transit station What we offer:Highly competitive compensation package which includes base salary bonus benefits and career advancement opportunities! *Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employmentThe Opportunity:The AI Data and Integration Engineer reports to the AI Engineering Lead and is the single accountable owner for making trusted governed data and reliable system connectivity available to First Nationals AI enabled mortgage workflows from design through is ahands onengineering role within the AI Platform Squad focused on data contracts source to target integration with Merlin and enterprise systems APIs event integration document and metadata flows controlled write back data quality lineage and operational role holds end to end accountability for data and integration delivery including the batch service oriented and legacy interface dependencies that AI enabled underwriting workflowsrelyon. How you will contribute:Design build test andoperatethe data and integration components for AI enabled mortgage workflows including source ingestion transformation enrichment document metadata reference data APIs event flows exception handling and controlled write back to core end to end integration accountability for AI use cases across Merlin SQL Server sources document repositories enterprise services and event backbones so that integration delivery does not fragment across AI product data and architecture workflow policy reporting and operational requirements into source to target mappings canonical data models interface contracts validation rules reconciliation controls and traceable data lineage in partnership with the Merlin Product Owner the Residential Underwriting Business SME AI Engineers and application governed batch and near real time pipelines using approved First National patterns across Databricks and Azure includingLakeflowor comparable orchestration Delta Lake bronze silver and gold layers Unity Catalog SQL Server document repositories and enterprise integration andmaintainsecure APIs services and event integrations using Python or comparable technologies Azure Service Bus API Management Git based workflows automated tests CI/CD and infrastructure as code data quality and integration controls including schema validation completeness accuracy timeliness duplication referential integrity reconciliation error routing replay idempotency observability alerting and audit privacy security retention access control and data governance requirements to structured and unstructured information including PII handling Entra ID RBAC Key Vault private connectivity logging and least privilege access. Support AI Engineers and full stack engineers with reliable documented interfaces and representative data diagnose data and integration failures through development evaluation UAT parallel runs production releases incidents and ongoing monitoring and refactor partner delivered or prototype pipelines into modular testable documented supportable services contributing reusable connectors data contracts mappings and engineering patterns back to the AI Factory experience you need:Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering data engineering informationsystemsora relateddiscipline.5 plus years of progressive data engineering integration engineering software engineering cloud engineering or related technology onexperience with Python SQL APIs ETL or ELT pipelines data modeling automated testing Git based delivery CI/CD cloud services and production experience with Microsoft Azure Databricks or comparable data platforms Delta Lake Unity CatalogLakeflowor comparable orchestration tools SQL Server Azure Service Bus API Management Key Vault Entra ID and infrastructure automation is strongly designing data contracts source to target mappings canonical models event driven interfaces change data capture reconciliation lineage metadata data quality controls and controlled write back to enterprise systems including integration with legacy batch andservice to build resilient integrations with attention to performance scalability security privacy governance error handling replay idempotency observability cost and operational collaborating with product owners domain experts AI and application engineers platform teams enterprise data teams security QA and operations through design UAT production release incident response and continuous in financial services mortgage lending lending operations servicing broker channels third party partnerships or regulated technology environments is :External:Engages implementation partners cloud providers data and AI platform providers and integration and specialist vendors on interface design delivery quality monitoring production readiness and knowledge transfer to First :Reports to the AI Engineering Lead within the AI Platform Squad and works closely with the Applied AI Platform Engineer the AI Quality and Evaluation Lead and the Technical Product Manager AI Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:Office environmentPeriods of high volume with tight timelinesLong periods of stationary position/sittingProlonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)Long periods of time in viewing a computer screenMulti-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer join First NationalCompetitive CompensationComprehensive benefits program (i.e. Health Spending Account Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)Extensive training programs to set our employees up for success Modern office environment conducive to collaborationSupportive teamwork culture Opportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities Ongoing social events throughout the yearThe team youll join: Founded in 1988 First National is one of Canadas largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canadas largest commercial mortgage lender. First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners. We would like to thank all applications for their interest in this existing vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Artificial Intelligence is not used in our recruitment or hiring process for this National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race color religion national origin age gender identity physical or mental disability sexual orientation and any other category protected by National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.#FNLOON