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Principal AI Engineer (Mississauga)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Mississauga - Canada
Yearly Salary:
CAD 191700 - 213000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
29 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
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At PointClickCare our mission is simple: to help providers deliver exceptional care. And that starts with our people. As a leading health tech company thats founder-led and privately held we empower our employees to push boundaries innovate and shape the future of healthcare.
With the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset and a Marketplace of 400 integrated partners our platform serves over 30000 provider organizations making a real difference in millions of lives. We also reinvest a significant percentage of our revenue back into research and development ensuring our employees have the resources to innovate and make a lasting by Forbes as a top private cloud company and honored as one of Canadas Most Admired Corporate Cultures we offer flexibility growth opportunities and meaningful work.
At PointClickCare we empower our people to be the architects of a smarter healthcare future; one that is human-first and accelerated by AI to create meaningful and lasting change. Employees harness AI as a catalyst for creativity productivity and thoughtful decision-making. By integrating AI tools into our daily workflows collaboration is enhanced outcomes are improved and every team member has the proficiency to maximize their impact. It all starts with our hiring practices where we uncover AI expertise that complements our mission and we continue to invest in training and development to nurture innovation throughout the employee journey.
Join us in redefining healthcare so it doesnt just survive it learn more about PointClickCare check out Life at PointClickCareand connect with us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn.
**Travel to Office expectations**
For Remote Roles: If this role is remote there will be in-office events that will require travel to and from the Mississauga and/or Salt Lake City office. These will include but not limited to onboarding team events semi-annual and annual team meetings.
For Hybrid Roles: If this role is Hybrid there will be an expectation to reside within commutable distance to the office/location specified in the job listing. This will include but not limited to weekly/bi-weekly/monthly events in the office with your specific team. This is a requirement for this role.
PointClickCareis searching for aPrincipal AI Engineerwho will lead and design AI systems across multiple SaaS solutions following our AI Design Patterns defining technical standards and reusable patterns for reasoning tool use and coordinated action. This role will be part ofateamwhichdrives enterprise-wide AI enablement by defining strategy evangelizing adoption and delivering measurable business impact. Itidentifiesand prioritizes high-value AI use cases builds scalableAI solutions and creates playbooks and patterns to accelerate implementation. Through innovation hubs and close collaboration with product engineering and operations the team transforms prototypes into production-ready solutions. Additionally it invests in talent development equipping teams with the skills and tools to embed AI across the organizationandleads governanceof AI solutions across the organization.
To succeed as a Principal AI Engineer atPointClickCare you need to be highly innovative creative accountablecollaborativeand Principal AI Engineer partners with cross-functional teams to transition prototypes into secure observable production solutions andestablishplaybooks evaluation frameworks and platform components to accelerate adoption. Additionally the Principal AI Engineer mentors teams and ensures alignment with Responsible AI security and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Set the technical vision and reference architecture for agentic AI across applications defining org-wide standards for reasoning loops tool use/function calling memory safety and interoperability.
- Build and govern reusable platform componentsmodel broker & multi-model routing orchestration services evaluation harnesses prompt/versioning stores and telemetryto accelerate adoption across teams.
- Develop and refine advanced prompting strategies for LLMs.
- Drive cross-functional roadmaps and integration standards across business teamssetting API/versioning contracts optimizing LLM/agent cost performance and mentoring engineers to raise the bar.
- Establish and evolve evaluation frameworks for LLMs and agentic systems including offline and online testing methodologies safety assessments quality metrics and business outcome dashboards.
- Be the go-to Subject Matter Expert (SME) and internal AI expert for relevant enterprise applications senior leadership vendors business partners and internal team members while staying ahead of emerging trends and advising on best practices
- Identify prioritize and execute AI use cases with clear business outcomes
- Be a coach/mentor for other engineers on AI maturity including performing peer reviews leading technical knowledge sharing sessions establishing engineering best practices approving pull requests and improving the overall quality of the technical solution
Qualifications we are looking for:
- Proven leadership shipping agentic AI at scale across multiple products setting organization wide standards for reasoning loops tool use/function calling memory safety and interoperability.
- Must Have - Expertise & Hands-on experience in Agentic AI Tech stack primarily in Microsoft (Azure AI Foundry Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Document Intelligence) and Anthropic (Claude Cowork and Claude Code).
- Must Have - Advanced Python & Java expertise in production systems (testing packaging performance profiling) and deep experience extending agent frameworks such as Anthropic LangChain and Foundry.
- RAG/agent data pipeline expertise: document preprocessing (OCR/NER) chunking strategies embeddings vector stores and data quality/versioningwith evaluation of harnesses for quality cost and latency
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of enabling and maturing AI in a SaaS landscape.
- Model serving and cost/perf optimization: experience with model broker patterns multi-model routing and serving stacks
- Must Have -knowledge of relational databases (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL)
- Experience using system and performance monitoring tools (e.g. AppDynamics Kibana OpenTelemetry)
- BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree
Bonus points for:
Experience with Docker Kubernetes and Istio
Experience with AWS/Azure cloud servicesor equivalent
Experience withService Oriented Architecture
On-call experience with production grade systems#LI-AV1
#LI-Hybrid
$191700 - $213000 a year
At PointClickCare base salary is one of the many components that make up our total rewards package. The CAD base salary range for this position is $00 (not overtime eligible) bonus benefits.Compensation is assessed individually and aligned to experience skills and market context. The posted range reflects typical expectations for this role.
PointClickCare Benefits & Perks:
Benefits starting from Day 1!
Retirement Plan Matching
Flexible Paid Time Off
Wellness Support Programs and Resources
Parental & Caregiver Leaves
Fertility & Adoption Support
Continuous Development Support Program
Employee Assistance Program
Allyship and Inclusion Communities
Employee Recognition and more!
It is the policy of PointClickCare to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race religion national origin status age sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or domestic/civil partnership status disability veteran status genetic information or any other basis protected by law. PointClickCare welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please contact emailprotected should you require any accommodations. As part of our commitment to a streamlined and equitable hiring experience PointClickCare uses AI tools to assist with candidate screening and assessment.
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About Company
PointClickCare is the #1 cloud-based healthcare software provider helping long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers navigate the new realities of value-based healthcare.
