GenAI Tech Lead

As a GenAI Tech Lead you will be the technical anchor of your team. Youll drive technical decisions guide developers ensure code and architectural quality and partner closely with Product Managers Designers and the Software Development Tech Leads to deliver meaningful outcomes. Your role is a hybrid of hands-on development and team enablement.

As a GenAI Tech Lead at Novisto youll be the technical driver behind our GenAI initiatives.

Your mission: turn market-ready GenAI technologies into product-ready capabilities fast we dont reinvent the wheel we execute quickly and effectively.

Youll combine hands-on development with technical leadership and partner closely with Product Managers Designers and Software Development Tech Leads to shape prototype and ship impactful GenAI-powered features. Together youll ensure that every solution we build delivers real value to our users and aligns with Novistos product vision.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture scientific and system design discussions for GenAI features and internal tools.
• Build and deploy GenAI-powered product features leveraging best-in-class market technologies.
• Stay on top of the evolving GenAI ecosystem and evaluate the right tools and models for Novisto.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions balancing speed scalability and maintainability.
• Ensure alignment with broader data software and AI architecture.
• Maintain the right balance between experimentation and productization.
  
  

Delivery & Execution

• Contribute hands-on to key codebases and prototypes.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and actionable tickets.
• Identify technical uncertainties and drive efficient technical feasibility studies and proofs of concept
• Ensure high-quality reliable delivery through planning code reviews and mentoring.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Tech Leads to ensure timely delivery

Mentorship & Team Development

• Mentor GenAI developers and scientists; grow the next generation of technical talent.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence fast and continuous learning and ownership.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Design and Engineering teams to shape and deliver high-impact solutions.
• Ensure compliance ethics and security are embedded into development and document these concepts for major stakeholders clients and prospects.

Quality & Process

• Champion best practices in GenAI applications development (experimentation testing observability documentation).
• Lead maintenance and evolution of deployed GenAI models and services.
• Ensure balance between feature cost latency and accuracy

Job Requirements

• 8 years of experience in AI/ML projects including 2 years in GenAI in a senior or lead role.
• MSc or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience)
• Strong proficiency in Python development
• Strong knowledge of at least one agentic development framework (Langgraph preferred)
• Bonus: Experience with sensitive client data and enterprise-grade AI deployments.
• Experience with API development
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g. GCP Azure) CI/CD and MLOps practices.
• Leadership experience guiding teams through technical complexity.
• Comfortable in fast-paced cross-functional environments.
• Fluency in English and French

What we offer

• Join an early-stage well-financed company
• Advance Novistos purpose of contributing to the sustainability of the economy environment and society by empowering companies to make better decisions and disclosures through our ESG data management software
• Contribute your knowledge and insights to increase awareness and knowledge of sustainability
• Generous health benefits (100% Insurance coverage & access to Dialogues telemedicine app)
• Flexible schedules & opportunity to work remotely
• 4 weeks of vacation
• Stock option plan
• Summer hours
• If you prefer to work at the office we have a beautiful office in Old Montreal close to downtown and steps away from a metro (subway) station